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A Johnston County school bus has been involved in a crash Friday afternoon according to the Highway Patrol. 

Johnston County school bus involved in hit-and-run crash near Webb Mill road

>> NUMBER ONE, SOURCE FOR LOCAL NEWS. THIS IS WRAL. WE THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH US HERE NOW AT 5.30, WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS IN JOHNSTON COUNTY WHERE A SCHOOL BUS HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH A IN A CRASH WITH A WHITE VEHICLE YOU SEE HERE ON ITS SITE. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. I'M DAN HAGGERTY AND I'M LENA TILLETT. SKY 5 FLEW OVER THE SCENE SHORTLY AFTER THIS HAPPENED. THIS IS ON WEB MILL ROAD. WE LEARNED STUDENTS ARE BEING TAKEN TO 4 OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL. >> WHERE PARENTS CAN COME AND PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN. WRAL'S WILL LEAD AN ALI IS IN THE BREAKING NEWS TRACKER AT THE SCHOOL. DESCRIBE THE SCENE THERE. WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, THERE'S NOT MUCH GOING ON, BUT I CAN TELL YOU A FEW MINUTES AGO THIS LOOKED VERY DIFFERENT. THIS IS THE PARKING LOT OF FORKS, MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE THOSE PARENTS CAME TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS AFTER THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THIS CAR ACCIDENT. >> YOU CAN SEE THERE WERE MANY ON AMBULANCES THAT WERE PARKED THERE RIGHT NEXT TO THE CAFETERIA ALONG WITH THE SCHOOL BUS THAT CAME TO DROP OFF THOSE STUDENTS. I CAN SAY I SAW SEVERAL STUDENTS GET PICKED UP BY THEIR PARENTS AND THOSE PRETTY EMOTIONAL. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT WAS VERY HEARTBREAKING FOR THOSE PARENTS TO GET THAT NEWS THAT THEIR CHILD WAS INVOLVED IN THIS TYPE OF CRASH. BUT THEY'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO WALK AWAY, OK FROM THIS. I DID SPEAK TO A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HE TELLS ME THAT HE'S HOLDING OFF ON RELEASING THE NUMBER OF INJURIES SO THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THIS INFORMATION, CORRECT. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP FOLLOWING THE STORY AND GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AS SOON AS

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WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday to a host of prominent Americans, including several of his most important political allies, such as former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former Secretary of State John Kerry and Rep. James E. Clyburn of South Carolina.

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Each week, we'll post a new weekly table of prices for 11 staple grocery items to help you compare across multiple Triangle area stores.

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11-year-old piano prodigy will play at Carnegie Hall

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