The child was removed from under the bus and transported emergently to a Portland-area pediatric hospital with non-life-threatening injuries
Just after 7:15 a.m. Tuesday (March 26), the Vancouver Fire Department (VFD) was dispatched to SE Ellsworth Rd. and SE 10th Street for the report of a public-school bus accident involving a child on a bike.
The first fire apparatus arrived within minutes and found a 9-year-old male entangled in his bicycle under the rear axle of the bus. More resources were requested to the scene including a VFD ladder truck and the technical rescue team. These specific resources carry specialized tools that can stabilize, support, and lift larger vehicles.
Fire crews on scene used wooden blocks to support the bus while lifting it off the child using struts that extend hydraulically. The child was removed from under the bus and transported emergently to a Portland-area pediatric hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Vancouver Police Department arrived to provide traffic control. Kim Kapp, the VPD public information coordinator, reported that the bus driver was not cited.
Information provided by the Vancouver Fire Department.
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