OHP: Dense fog leads to prison bus crash near Perkins
PERKINS, Okla. (KFOR) - According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, dense fog contributed to a bus crash on State Highway 33 Wednesday morning.
OHP says the driver of a pickup truck attempted to pass another vehicle while traveling on State Highway 33, about two and a half miles east of Perkins. The driver of the pickup could not see a prison transport bus due to fog, causing the truck to collide with the front of the bus.
The collision caused the bus to drive off of the road and into a ravine. The bus was carrying 37 inmates, 10 were taken to a nearby hospitals and 27 were taken back to the prison in Cushing.
The driver of pickup truck did not need to be transported to a hospital.