School bus rams through front of suburban Philly home

    A school bus has slammed through the front of a home in suburban Philadelphia, with the back end of the vehicle sticking out of the living room area.

    Officials say nine students from St. Helena School were aboard when the bus crashed Tuesday morning in Blue Bell in Whitpain Township.

    Township officials say the driver of the Wissahickon School District bus was taken to a hospital. A resident of the home wasn’t hurt.

    Whitpain police are investigating the cause of the crash.

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    St. Helena School is a Catholic school in Blue Bell serving students from prekindergarten through eighth grades.

    The school’s phones had a busy signal Tuesday morning. The principal didn’t immediately return an email message.

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