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Students Rescued After Bus Becomes Stuck In Flood Waters

KUAR | By Associated Press
Published February 21, 2018 at 3:26 PM CST
The bus that 17 students were rescued from near North Little Rock.
Pulaski County Sheriff's Office
The bus that 17 students were rescued from near North Little Rock.
The bus that 17 students were rescued from near North Little Rock.
Credit Pulaski County Sheriff's Office
The bus that 17 students were rescued from near North Little Rock.

Crews in central Arkansas rescued 17 students after a school bus drove off the road and got stuck in floodwaters.

The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office says the bus became stuck Wednesday morning in a rural part of North Little Rock. No one was hurt.

Authorities say crews with the county's road and bridge department backed a truck up to the rear of the bus and rescued the students, eight at a time.

Flood warnings are in effect Wednesday across several states, from Texas to Ohio.

The National Weather Service says some areas near Little Rock have seen 6 inches of rain over the past day, and more is in the forecast.

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