Norwich downtown traffic accidents delay school buses

Norwich – Two minor accidents snarled downtown traffic, including school buses on their way to collecting elementary school students, leaving some students late by more than an hour.

Police said one accident occurred at Burnham Square, the intersection of Main, North Main and East Main streets, and the second at the intersection of Water Street and Laurel HillAvenue.

Superintendent Abby Dolliver said some buses picking up students from the John M. Moriarty and the Samuel Huntington elementary schools were delayed by as much as an hour. Worried parents waiting for the buses called the schools, the administrative office and the bus company trying to learn the reason for the delay.

No one was injured and no school buses were involved in the accidents, city officials said.