CHELTENHAM, Md. (7News) — One person died after a school bus operating as a charter struck a tree in Cheltenham on Thursday night, according to Prince George’s County Fire and EMS.
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Firefighters responded to U.S. Route 301 and Frank Tippett Road around 9:33 p.m. and found the driver trapped in the bus, department spokesman Mike Yourishin said.
Crews freed the driver, who was pronounced dead at the scene. No other occupants or vehicles were involved.
The yellow school bus was operating as a charter, Yourishin said. Officials had not identified the bus operator.
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Information about other occupants and the circumstances of the crash was not immediately available.
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