Newport
An SAU #43 school bus driven by Gail McGirr, 67, and a Toyota Corolla driven by Andrew Sheckler, 20, collided around 6:30 a.m. on Monday, Newport Detective Lt. Charles Rataj said on Thursday.
Sheckler suffered a significant head injury in the crash and remains hospitalized, Rataj said.
McGirr was uninjured; there were no students on the bus at the time of the crash.
Preliminary investigation found that Sheckler, who was driving west on Route 103, tried to make a left-hand turn into LaValley when the passenger side of his car collided with the eastbound school bus.
Sheckler was transported by ambulance to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
A message left for Superintendent Cindy Gallagher wasn’t returned.
