Munster Police are investigating a Friday morning mishap involving a 17-year-old boy and a School Town of Munster bus.
Officers responded to a report of a pedestrian incident with a school bus at about 7:12 a.m. at 35th Street and Columbia Avenue, according to Munster Police spokesman Lt. Ed Strbjak. When police, emergency responders and school town employees arrived, they found a 17-year-old boy under the bus.
It has yet to be determined how the boy, whose name hasn’t been released, ended up getting hit, Strbjak said.
The boy was taken by ambulance to Methodist Northlake Hospital in Gary for treatment, Strbjak said. He was awake at the scene. Friday afternoon, police said he was in stable condition.
“He was talking to first responders,” Strbjak said, adding that the severity of his injuries is currently unknown.
Strbjak didn’t release the identity of the bus driver, other than to say he’s a 76-year-old Schererville man. No charges have been filed in the incident.
School Superintendent Jeff Hendrix was unavailable for comment Friday morning; an employee referred to a press release on the School Town’s website. Strbjak said the high school would be bringing in counselors for students.
An investigation by the Munster Police and the Lake County Sheriff’s Department is continuing, Strbjak said.
Michelle Quinn is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.
