UPDATE: Woman tells police she dozed off and hit back of school bus

Published 9:32 am Wednesday, February 5, 2025

NATCHEZ — A Natchez woman told Natchez Police she was traveling behind a school bus this morning and was stopped at an intersection when she dozed off, her foot hit the gas, and she drove into the back of the school bus.

Commander Jerry Ford said the woman was traveling with two children in her vehicle. The woman complained of pain from the crash, but no one else was injured, including none of the 22 children on the school bus.

The crash happened at approximately 7 a.m. Wednesday on Homochitto Street near the intersection with John R. Junkin Drive.

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