Bus Carrying Farm Workers, SUV Collide Head-On

FOUR OAKS, N.C. – Several people were injured Monday morning in a head-on collision involving an SUV and a bus carrying farm workers on US 701 near Four Oaks.

The crash was reported around 6:35 a.m. near Keen Road and temporarily shut down the highway as firefighters, EMS crews and law enforcement responded.

The impact left the driver of the silver SUV trapped inside the vehicle. Four Oaks Fire Department personnel extricated the driver from the wreckage, and the person was transported to the hospital with serious injuries.

There were 27 people aboard the bus. Johnston County EMS dispatched multiple ambulances to the scene and evaluated everyone on board.

Several of the bus occupants were transported to area hospitals for treatment. Their conditions were not immediately available.

Traffic was diverted around the accident scene.

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.