{"id":44579,"date":"2023-09-09T01:12:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T05:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=44579"},"modified":"2023-09-08T17:16:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T21:16:55","slug":"bus-driver-dies-in-head-on-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2023\/09\/09\/bus-driver-dies-in-head-on-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus Driver Dies In Head-on Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"922\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2015\/09\/29\/crash-kills-one-and-injures-another\/fatal-accident-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/fatal-accident-2.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"fatal accident 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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Payne of the Bullitt County Sheriff\u2019s Office said they don\u2019t know the specifics about what happened, but they can say one of the pickups crossed the median into the path of the other.<\/p>\n<p>Payne said Benningfield was a bus driver for Bullitt County Schools and was heading to work at the time of the crash.<br \/>\nSource: WAVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Bullitt County say a head-on crash Friday morning between two pickup trucks killed a man heading to work to drive a school 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