Bus hits utility pole;400 lose electricity|[02/21/08]

Published 12:00 am Thursday, February 21, 2008

By Staff Reports

ACCIDENT * From Staff Reports

About 400 homes were without electricity for an 1 1/2 hours this morning after a school bus slammed into a utility pole.

The wreck occurred at about 6:19 a.m. in the 4900 block of Halls Ferry when a Vicksburg Warren School District bus, which was carrying no children, left the road and struck the pole, Lt. Bobby Stewart said. No injuries were reported.

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Don Arnold, spokesman with Entergy, said all electricity was returned this morning.

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