By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A Winlock resident was hospitalized after his car was hit by a school bus east of Castle Rock this afternoon.
Jacob D. Berry, 18, was stopped at a stop sign on Hall Road at state Route 504 when the 1998 Bluebird school bus turning onto Hall Road struck his driver’s side door, according to the Washington Sate Patrol.
Berry’s 1998 Honda Accord was totaled, the state patrol reported.
Berry was taken to St. John Medical Center in Longview with neck pain, according to the investigating trooper.
There were children on board, but none were injured, Trooper Steve Schatzel said.
The bus driver, Janyce I. Phillips, 55, of Toutle, was cited for making an improper turn, the patrol reported. The bus sustained an estimated $500 damage.
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