Police seek driver of Taurus

CARY -- A 25-year-old Cary man was killed when his Jeep Grand Cherokee was struck by a school bus in West Cary on Monday morning.

Police are still searching for the driver of a passenger car they think caused the accident.

The victim, Lincoln Ross Woods of 144 Longchamp Lane, died at the scene, according to Capt. Michael Williams with the Cary police. No children were on the bus at the time of the crash, and the bus driver was unhurt, police reported.

Now investigators are looking for a gray Ford Taurus that witnesses said ran a stop sign and caused the crash, Williams said.

The accident occurred just before 9 a.m. on Morrisville-Carpenter Road near the intersection of Good Hope Church Road.

"The bus had just dropped the kids off," Williams said.

Investigators said the school bus was traveling in the westbound lane of Morrisville-Carpenter Road, and the Jeep was traveling east.

Witnesses told police that the Ford Taurus ran a stop sign at the intersection, and the school bus ran off the right side of the road to avoid hitting the vehicle. The bus driver then pulled the bus back onto the road, and the bus crossed the center line, striking the driver's side of the Jeep.

Police are asking anyone with information about the fatal wreck to call the Cary Police Department at 469-4338.