OHP: Dense fog leads to prison bus crash near Perkins

PERKINS, Okla. ( KFOR ) – According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, dense fog contributed to a bus crash on State Highway 33 Wednesday morning.

OHP says the driver of a pickup truck attempted to pass another vehicle while traveling on State Highway 33, about two and a half miles east of Perkins. The driver of the pickup could not see a prison transport bus due to fog, causing the truck to collide with the front of the bus.

The collision caused the bus to drive off of the road and into a ravine. The bus was carrying 37 inmates, 10 were taken to nearby hospitals and 27 were taken back to the prison in Cushing.

The driver of pickup truck did not need to be transported to a hospital.

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