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Damage to the school bus was on the side right under the red stop sign.

"No kids were hurt," said Morris Gill, Director of Transportation for Botetourt County Public Schools.  A fender bender involving a school bus happened this morning around 8:30 a.m. Two other vehicles were also involved. According to the sheriff's department, a dispatch came in that a bus waiting in traffic near Botetourt Commons and was hit from behind by two vehicles. The school bus was driven by Elaine Kyle, said Gill. She was being interviewed by the state police, but Gill said he didn't expect she was involved in any ticketing because she was sitting in traffic.

Sgt. Bob Carpenteri, public relations spokesman for the  State Police, said he had yet to speak with the trooper about the accident but would be forthcoming with information about the accident as soon as he had more information.

The trooper had another person in his cruiser and a truck with damage to the front sat diagonal to his car. The other vehicle was taken off on a low boy. The vehicles involved were directed into the Kroger parking lot for review by the trooper and two Botetourt deputies had been directing traffic through the stop light were also in the parking lot. Members of the school bus garage team were on site to move the bus and inspect the damage, which was minor to the bus.

Since it was morning rush hour traffic did back up. As in the old saying every gray cloud has a silver lining, for about a half hour, Blue Collar Joe's carried trays of doughnuts out into the traffic to those left stranded due to the back up. So for those late for work at least some had a treat while they waited. "We thought we would help people make the best of a bad situation," said the owner of  Blue Collar Joe's.

Stay tuned for an update. We had previous posts on the accident at 9:27 a.m. and 10:04 a.m.

Another vehicle involved in the bus accident near Botetourt Commons this morning.