A school bus and a truck collided Wednesday, April 8, 2026, near the Jacksonville Zoo and Botantical Gardens. | News4Jax
Published on April 8, 2026 at 5:15 pm
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For the second time in a week, a Duval County school bus was involved in a crash Wednesday during a field trip to the Jacksonville Zoo and Botantical Gardens.
No one was seriously hurt, although some students were checked out at a hospital, Duval County Public Schools officials said.
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School officials said the bus was involved in a “minor” accident after leaving John E. Ford Pre K-8 English/Bilingual Montessori School. A parent told Jacksonville Today that the bus and a truck collided at a railroad crossing near the zoo. School officials did not state the time or location.
Eight first and second grade students were taken to a hospital as a precaution. A backup bus picked up the rest, district officials said.
Last Thursday, about 30 kindergarten students from San Pablo Elementary School were on a bus when a tractor-trailer truck hit it from behind at a different railroad crossing just east of the zoo.
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The truck driver told police his brakes did not work as he swerved to avoid hitting the bus, which had stopped at the railroad crossing as required by law, according to News4Jax, a Jacksonville Today news partner.
Five students were injured. The district said it is unable to reveal their conditions because private medical information cannot be given without permission from the families involved.
The truck driver was cited for careless driving and fined $164, News4Jax said
