Car-school bus crash in Marietta, Ga.

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MARIETTA, Ga., Oct. 26 (UPI) -- A 12-year-old boy riding in a car was injured Friday when it was hit by a school bus in Marietta, Ga., Friday, police said.

The car, driven by Bhavani Saride, 36, allegedly failed to yield at an intersection about 7:45 a.m., and was struck a school bus on its way to Marietta High School, police said. Fifteen students on the bus, as well as the bus driver, were taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital.

Several of injured bus passengers had already been released, hospital officials said.

The injured boy in the car was airlifted to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, WAGA-TV, Atlanta, reported.

There were 37 students on the bus, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said.