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Student injured in Chatham-Kent bus crash

Bothwell-area crash involving a pick-up truck and school bus sent one student to hospital with minor injuries

Driver of truck, 23, was from Chatham and charged with careless driving

Police say the crash happened around 3 p.m. Thursday. (Eddy Kennedy/CBC)

One student has been treated in hospital for minor injuries following a crash involving a school bus on Chatham-Kent's east side. 

Police say it happened around 3 p.m. Thursday in the Bothwell-area.

Authorities say the bus collided with a pick-up truck on Longwoods Road between West Bothwell Road and Zone Road 9. 

The driver of the truck, a 23-year-old Chatham man, was charged with careless driving. 

Police estimate the vehicles sustained about $45,000 in damage.