Albany (KMTR) The Albany Fire Department responded to the Highway 20 and Highway 226 east of Albany to a reported motor vehicle accident. Firefighters arrived at scene within approximately eight minutes to find a car with two occupants had collided with a school bus carrying approximately twenty persons.
Firefighters immediately worked to evaluate the passengers of both vehicles and provide treatment on the scene. Two persons were transported to Lebanon Community Hospital and two persons were transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis.
Twenty Fire Department personnel responded to this emergency call, which caused Highway 20 to be closed in both the east and west bound lanes while fire crews treated the patients and prepared them for transport.