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Two wrecks on Wednesday leave two injured
By Rhonda Griffin
 
Emergency personnel responded to two separate wrecks on Wednesday, with one involving a school bus.
 
At around 4 p.m., a Bladen County school bus with three students on board was rear-ended by a car at Cromartie Road and Hwy. 87 Bypass. Of the passengers on the bus and the driver and two passengers in the vehicle, there were no injuries, according to reports.
 
Elizabethtown Station 55; Bladen County EMS; North Carolina Highway Patrol; Bladen County Sheriff's Office; and officials with the Bladen County School System responded to the scene.
 
The driver of the car was arrested for driving with a revoked license, officials said.
 
In a separate single-vehicle crash around 5:30 p.m., in the 2900 block of Hwy. 87 E., the driver of the vehicle ran off the road, according to reports. Two individuals were transported to Bladen County Hospital for treatment, reports showed.
 
The cause of the wreck is still under investigation.
 
Photos contributed by Bryan Martin of Town of Elizabethtown

 
  

   
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