At around 7:30 Thursday morning the North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to a collision on Springs Road at NC Hwy 16 in Catawba County.
There a 2021 Kia Forte traveling south failed to adequately reduce speed and collided with the rear of a Catawba County School bus that had stopped in the southbound lane due to traffic.
The bus containing 29 students were from Bunker Hill High School and River Bend Middle School. No drivers or students were injured during the collision.
The driver of the Kia was cited for failure to reduce speed.