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Bus driver injured in McMinn when object crashes through window on I-75

The driver of a charter bus was injured tonight in McMinn County when an object came crashing through the windshield, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

THP dispatcher Josh Winters said it wasn’t immediately known what the object was or whether it fell or was thrown from the overpass on I-75 near the McMinn County rest area.

“Either something fell, or something was thrown from an overpass,” said

The driver was not severely hurt, Winters said. The bus carried 18 people and there were no other injuries, he said.

Winters said THP received the called from McMinn County police at 10:16 p.m. The investigation with be a joint effort from the county’s sheriff’s department and state authorities, he said.