A Hart County elementary school teacher has been killed after hitting a Hart County school bus.
On Friday afternoon at approximately 4:00, Kentucky State Police responded to the crash in the 7000 block of North Jackson Highway (Hwy 31-E). Police said the initial investigation showed that 22-year-old Robin L. Rutledge, of Magnolia, was driving a 2013 Dodge Avenger north on North Jackson Highway when the vehicle crossed the center line and struck a Hart County school bus, being driven by 42-year-old Jennifer Gravil, of Canmer.
Rutledge was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Hart County Coroner’s Office.
Gravil and her daughter, 16, who were the only people on the bus, sustained minor injuries.
Rutledge was a 2018 graduate of Hart County High School and a 2022 graduate of Campbellsville University. She was a music teacher at North Jackson Elementary School and assistant director of the Hart County High School Marching Band.
The ongoing investigation is being led by Trooper Michael Wathen.
(Photo: Robin L. Rutledge, courtesy of Bennett-Bertram Funeral Home)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
