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Power Lines Fall Onto School Bus Filled With Children

Posted: 3:02 pm EST January 7, 2009Updated: 4:30 pm EST January 7, 2009

DeKalb County fire officials said live electrical wires fell across a school bus filled with children Wednesday afternoon. The power lines were turned off about 30 minutes after they fell onto the bus.

The incident happened just after 2:30 p.m. on Foresta Court off Grander Drive.

Capt. Eric Jackson with the DeKalb County Fire Department said there were 30 kids and a bus driver on the bus.

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No injuries were reported.

Police said a tree fell causing the wires to fall on the bus.

DeKalb County fire and police were on the scene. Georgia Power cut power to the wires shortly after arriving on the scene.

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Jackson said the students were "very orderly" and sang songs while parents gathered nearby. School district spokesman Dale Davis says the children were on their way home from Montgomery Elementary School.

Heavy rains moved through DeKalb County Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday, DeKalb County remained under a wind advisory.

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