Car hits school bus near Deary, Idaho

December 21, 2011

The Idaho State Police has reported that a head-on collision between a school bus and a passenger car Tuesday that sent the driver of the car to the hospital, but did not injure the school bus driver or two students who were still aboard. According to the ISP, Georgiajo H. Beyer, 45, Bovill, Idaho, was driving a 1990 Ford Crown Victoria west on Texas Bridge Road in Latah County at about 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 20, when he went into a curve on the wrong side of the road and hit a 2005 International school bus driven by Goldie M. Capps, 45, Troy, Idaho. The bus was carrying two students, a 17 year old girl and a seven year old boy. Beyer, who was wearing seatbelts, was transported to Gritman Hospital, Moscow, for treatment of his injuries. According to the ISP, snow and ice on the gravel road may have contributed to the collision.