The Paducah Police Department says 60-year-old George Vick, of Paducah told police he was slowing his school bus on Oscar Cross Avenue to pick up children when a van ran a stop sign at Oscar Cross and South 11th Street and hit the bus in the side.
Police said the driver of the van, 63-year-old Byron Faulkner, of Paducah said his brakes failed and he was unable to stop. Minor to moderate damage was reported to both vehicles.
Neither driver was reported injured. Four students on the bus were taken by ambulance and four were taken by private vehicle to Baptist Health Paducah for treatment. All complained of minor pain to their right sides, reports said.
