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A transit spokesman now says at least eight passengers have been hurt after a truck collided head-on with a Port Authority of Allegheny County bus in Pittsburgh.

Port Authority spokesman Jim Ritchie says the accident happened about 2:15 p.m. Thursday on the city's South Side.

Originally, officials reported only three injuries but that was because emergency crews had yet to examine all the passengers. Ritchie says eight passengers are confirmed as injured and the number could rise, though none are believed to be badly hurt.

Ritchie says the bus driver was not hurt, but that the truck driver has been taken to a hospital with either serious injuries or an illness.

Ritchie says the pickup crossed the center line of the road and hit the front of the bus.

Dozens of students at a suburban Pittsburgh high school were sent home after ignoring a new dress code that requires them to tuck in their shirts.About 120 students showed up at Woodland Hills High School in with their shirts untucked on Thursday. School officials say about 85 students were sent home for refusing to comply with the new policy; the other students tucked in their shirts and remained in school.Principal Dan Stephens says the dress code was instituted as a safety measure to ensure students are not hiding anything under their shirts.

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