Hillsboro, OH : One motorist dead and five students injured after a crash between school bus and SUV in Highland County on Monday morning, February 22, 2016

One motorist is dead and five students were injured after a Monday morning Highland County crash between a school bus and an SUV.

Ohio State Troopers said Helen M. Dean, 54, of Sardinia, Ohio, was driving southeast on Ohio 321 at approximately 7 a.m. when the Honda Passport she was operating struck the rear of a Blue Bird school bus that was slowing to pick up students of Bright Local School District.

Dean, who was not wearing a seat belt, was declared dead at the scene by the Highland County Coroner.

Five Whiteoak High School students were transported to local hospitals with injuries not considered to be life-threatening, according to the OSHP.

The crash remains under investigation.

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Woman dead, 5 injured in Highland Co. bus crash