DEA BUST LEADS TO SCHOOL BUS CRASH

NEW YORK, - The Drug Enforcement Agency says a car
containing 50 kilograms of cocaine and a special agent's unmarked car
both hit a school bus in Yonkers during a chase, sending 28 children
and the driver to the hospital.

A DEA spokeswoman says the children suffered bumps, bruises and minor
scrapes, and 24 of them were released on Thursday evening.

She says the driver was fleeing from a bust that occurred at 262nd
Street and Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.

One suspect was arrested at the scene, and the other fled up Broadway
in his car, hitting a Yonkers police sergeant in the leg. The sergeant
fired three shots.

The spokeswoman says the two cars crashed into the school bus at
Southport Way and Cayrl Avenue in Yonkers.

Both suspects will be arraigned in Manhattan federal court
Thursday.

The sergeant's leg is bruised and possibly sprained.

The bus driver was taken to the hospital with a sore neck.