GARDINER, Maine — A bus carrying 16 elementary school students is damaged after a crash in Gardiner.

Witnesses said a sedan rear-ended a school bus when it was stopped to let a student off.

Gardiner police said it happened on Route 201 around 3:20 p.m. Tuesday.

Police said the driver apparently was blinded by the sun.

No one was injured.

Tacoma Baker, 6, was on the bus. He said he just wanted a snack to make him feel better.

“We heard the thump and we looked back and the car had gone into us,” Baker said.

Police said the car was totaled and the bus has some minor damage.

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