No one was injured when a Paxton-Buckley-Loda school bus pulled out in front of a semitruck and was rear-ended Thursday morning on Illinois Route 9 in Ford County.
The bus driver, Rodney L. Riblet, 52, of Paxton, was ticketed for failing to yield.
Four students, ages 8 to 16, were on the bus when it made a left turn onto Illinois Route 9 from 2000E Road just before 7 a.m., according to an Illinois State Police press release.
The driver of the Peterbilt semi, John Paul Lofton, 40, of Fennville, Mich., was cited for not having a log book.
The crash was the third time a local school bus has been hit by a vehicle in less than two weeks. Gilman and Herscher school buses were involved in crashes last week.
