Ouch... poor bug

Topics:  Volkswagen New Beetle

Gus Philpott
The Woodstock Advocate
August 9, 2010

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Sometime around 3:30PM on Monday, a little green bug got mashed on IL Route 176 at IL Route 31 in Crystal Lake. I couldn't tell from the stopped vehicles whether the bug ran into the back of the school bus or whether the bus backed into the bug.

If I had to guess, I'd put my money on the bus being stopped when it was hit. Generally speaking, bus drivers are trained not to back up without a spotter. As one man said to me, "How do you miss a school bus?"

Traffic was a mess, because the eastbound left-turn lane was blocked with the crash and the emergency vehicles. Two police cars, a paramedic vehicle, fire truck and fire commander's vehicle turned out. The passenger in the Beetle was moved by stretcher to the paramedic van for transporting for medical care, and the driver of the bug walked to the paramedic vehicle.