A West Central Valley Community School District bus sustained minor damage, but no students were injured during a collision at around 4:05-p.m., Friday. The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports a 2012 Thomas School Bus with 15 students on-board, driven by 52-year old Christine Damstrom, of Dexter, was traveling north in the 3300 block of Wagon Road, just outside the northern city limits of Stuart, and stopped to make a legal discharge of a student at a driveway. The stop lights were activated, and stop sign arm engaged in the extended position. Once the student cleared the bus, the vehicle proceeded to the next stop a short distance away,

A 1994 Ford Ranger pickup was behind the bus. The driver, 24-year old Ryan Gross, of Linden, saw the first student being dropped off, and stopped. When he failed to see the bus stopped for the next student, the pickup struck the rear of the bus, causing a total of $4,000 damage. Gross told authorities he didn’t see the bus brake lights due to sun glare. He also admitted he was traveling too close behind the bus to see the flashing stop lights illuminated.

Gross was cited for Following too close.