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Washougal police investigating school bus accident

School district says they contacted police 'out of abundance of caution' after minor incident involving substitute driver who 'pulled a bit too close' to a pole in the parking lot and scraped bus

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Washougal students walk past school buses in the Washougal School District in 2018. (Post-Record file photo)

The Washougal Police Department is investigating a minor school bus accident that occurred on Monday, June 15, at Gause Elementary School.

While picking up students at the conclusion of the school day, the driver of the district’s No. 40 bus stopped briefly to interact with a pupil who needed assistance and “pulled a bit too close” to one of the poles in the parking lot, according to Les Brown, the district’s director of communications and technology.

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