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By Barry Markowitz, Special to the Star-Bulletin
A firefigher from Kahuku Engine 13 checks the undercarriage
of an overturned military dump truck that rolled after narrowly
missing a school bus full of elementary school children.

School bus driver
narrowly averts
head-on crash

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Star-Bulletin staff

A school bus driver's quick reaction is being credited with avoiding more serious injuries when an Army dump truck overturned on Kamehameha Highway in the path of a school bus with about 20 children aboard this morning.

The bus ran off the highway to avoid a collision.

The accident occurred on 57-0091 Kamehameha Highway, about a half a mile from the Sunset Beach side of Turtle Bay.

By Barry Markowitz, Special to the Star-Bulletin
The bus was driven by Kathleen Ahuna.

The dump truck, headed in the Sunset Beach direction, lost control and tipped over on its side.

The bus, driven by Kathleen Ahuna, was heading toward Kahuku. The Honolulu Fire Department was notified of the accident at 9:23 a.m.

Fire Capt. Patrick Callaway of the Kahuku Fire Station said about 20 children between the ages 10 and 12 were on the bus.

There were no injuries, said Callaway.