Nine students were taken to Stamford Hospital to be treated for minor injuries after a school bus hit the porch of a house on Vine Road in Stamford, according to officials at the scene.
Police said Friday evening that the bus driver, a 35-year-old Norwalk resident who works for the First Student bus company, was suspended following the collision.
According to police, the school bus was leaving the Turn of River Middle School for early dismissal with 42 students on board when it hit a pickup truck turning left onto Vine Road around 12:25 p.m.
The bus crossed over Vine Road and drove up a sidewalk, striking a utility pole and driving into the front porch of a home at 118 Vine Road, according to police.
Nine of the students on board were taken to Stamford Hospital for treatment. The other students were brought back to Turn of River Middle School. Police said most of the remaining students were picked up by parents, while others were driven home in school vans.
The students who did not go to the hospital were advised to see their own doctors as a precaution.
Police said the driver, who has been suspended by First Student and "temporarily disqualified" from driving Stamford students, reported a mechanical issue with the bus.
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The state Department of Transportation will inspect the vehicle.
No charges have been filed.
Anyone who witnessed the crash is urged to contact Stamford police Officer Jeffrey Booth or Officer Hugh Mullin at 203-977-4712.
