Crash near Freeport Area High School prompts districtwide delay
All schools in the Freeport Area School District operated on a two-hour delay Thursday following a crash that closed part of Route 356 for just more than an hour.
A two-vehicle crash happened shortly before 6 a.m. on Route 356 at Cole Road in Buffalo Township, according to a Butler County emergency dispatcher. The intersection is across from Freeport Area High School.
Good Morning, All Schools in the Freeport Area School District are on a 2 hour delay for today Thursday, February 27th, 2020. The Middle School and High School Campuses are now reopened. Again, buses will pick up students on a two hour delay schedule. Thank you pic.twitter.com/ww4Y7h5jaA
— FAHS (@FreeportAreaHS) February 27, 2020
The road reopened at about 7:15 a.m., the dispatcher said.
No injuries were reported in the crash, but a gas meter was damaged, the dispatcher said.
Buffalo Township police could not be reached for comment.
Brian C. Rittmeyer, a Pittsburgh native and graduate of Penn State University's Schreyer Honors College, has been with the Trib since December 2000. He can be reached at brittmeyer@triblive.com.
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