HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A girl was injured early Monday when a school bus and a tractor-trailer collided in Hempfield Township.

Police said the bus was on its way to Stanton Elementary School when the driver crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer before smashing into a guardrail along Route 119.

Two students, both of whom were deaf, were on the bus at the time of the crash.

"In a traumatic situation, it was easy to pick up on what they were trying to tell us," said Chief Bob Coletta of the Youngwood Fire Department. "They were very well versed on how to communicate with us."

The girl injured in the crash is expected to be OK. The bus driver suffered minor injuries, police said. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured.

The accident is being investigated.

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