A 16-year-old is in the hospital after he struck the back of a school bus while riding a motorcycle on Monday, the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) announced.
Around 3:22 p.m., the Odessa teen was traveling on a Kawasaki motorcycle east on Trinity Boulevard when a Pasco County bus carrying 42 middle school students stopped at a pedestrian crosswalk signal east of Sweetspire Drive.
FHP said the 16-year-old could not stop the motorcycle in time and collided with the back of the bus.
The teen was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries, according to FHP.
The 62-year-old bus driver and the 42 middle school students were unharmed.
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Source: wfla