A school bus carrying Union Pines High School students was involved in a crash with a truck pulling a trailer Wednesday afternoon on Vass-Carthage Road.
The wreck happened around 4:10 p.m. when the truck, which was hauling a trailer loaded with a tractor, ran off the right side of the road. Troopers said the driver overcorrected, causing the vehicle to fishtail. The truck then crossed the center line and struck the westbound school bus.
The bus ran off the road and came to rest in a ditch. 22 people, including the driver, were on board…