A Smartsville woman is dead and a 9-year-old passenger had moderate injuries after the pickup they were travelling in collided with a school bus Thursday afternoon. CHP Officer Jodie Beck says 32-year-old Amber Kinaston was driving southbound on Chuck Yeager Road near Hammonton Smartsville Road, south of Highway 20, in Yuba County…

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Beck says the Wheatland School District bus was struck head-on, with the bus crashing into an embankment. The bus was carrying 20 students….

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But four students were transported by ambulance to area hospitals, as a precaution, with reports of pain. The 9-year-old, a girl, was flown to the hospital and is expected to survive her injuries.