A school bus was sideswiped by an SUV at a rail crossing in Vernon Wednesday at about 4:20 p.m., but state troopers said no one was injured, including the only child who was on the bus at that point.
The bus driver, Kimberly Winter, 53, of Brattleboro, told the troopers she had stopped the bus before the railroad crossing on Newton Road so she could listen to see if a train was coming, according to a press release.
Police said a Toyota Tundra driven by Jessica Baldwin, 35, of Vernon came up behind the bus, sidewiped it, then went off the road and slammed into a tree.
Baldwin, who police said was not wearing a seat belt, was suspected to be under the influence of drugs when troopers met her at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. She was issued a citation for suspicion of DUI.
— Juliet Schulman-Hall
