Police: Teen girls fighting on school bus cause crash

GULFPORT -- Teenage girls fighting on a school bus Wednesday distracted the driver, causing the bus to have a slow-speed crash, police said.

No serious injuries were reported, but one student was taken by ambulance to a hospital at a parent's request, police Sgt. Damon McDaniel said.

The bus had just left North Gulfport 7th and 8th Grades.

It crashed about 3:40 p.m. as the driver was trying to turn west on Polk Street from Indiana Avenue, hitting the front of a car.

"None of the children even knew the bus had crashed," McDaniel said. "They just thought the bus had come to a stop."

"On-scene investigators determined the bus driver became distracted due to a fight occurring on the bus between some females," McDaniel said.

School administrators went to the scene of the crash.

"The school will be taking disciplinary action," McDaniel said.

This story was originally published October 14, 2015 at 5:37 PM with the headline "Police: Teen girls fighting on school bus cause crash ."