School bus driver dies while on route

A school bus driver from Eugene apparently died of natural causes while driving her school bus Tuesday afternoon.

Missouri Highway Patrol reports show Phyllis Rush, 65, was on Opal Road, just east of Ulman Ridge Road in Miller County, around 3:47 p.m.

The bus went off the road and struck a tree after Rush was stricken and she lost control of the vehicle.

Six juveniles on board the bus were not injured.

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