MONETA (WSLS 10) - Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal crash involving a school bus in Bedford County.
Officers say the call came in at 7:43 a.m. Friday about a crash at 24 Joppa Mill Road in Moneta.
Police say the bus was heading west on VA-24 and a 1993 Chevrolet Geo Tracker SUV was heading east on VA-24. The driver of the SUV, a 17-year-old from Moneta, stopped in order to make a left turn onto Joppa Mill Road. Police say a 2005 Ford F-250, also heading east behind the SUV, was traveling too fast and in order to avoid hitting the SUV swerved to pass on the left and hit the bus head-on. The driver of the pickup truck was killed.
Travis Jay Snyder, 29, of Vinton, the driver of the Ford, was killed.
No students were on the bus at the time of the crash, according to police.
Both the bus driver, Glenn Montgomery, 65, of Goodview, and the driver of the SUV were wearing their seat belts and are okay.
The crash remains under investigation.