Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received calls at about 6:30 a.m. Monday regarding a school bus crash on U.S. Highway 264 East.

According to reports, school bus 282’s driver lost control of the bus and plowed through the home of Ethan and Casey Coltrain, at the 8600 block of U.S. 264, as Casey was sleeping. The bus transports students to the Northeast Regional School of Biotechnology and Agriscience in Jamesville. No one was hurt during the crash.

Casey Coltrain said she was about to get up for work when she was startled to hear first a loud bang and then a crash. She then went into the hallway and found the damage.

“I had just looked at the clock and thought, ‘Ooh I can sleep a couple more minutes,'” she said. “From the hallway I could see the whole part of the house was torn open.”

The school bus tore through the Coltrains’ yard, knocked against the front porch, clipped part of the living room and rammed into the side porch before it slammed into a vehicle parked in the driveway, according to Coltrain.

“I was going hunting actually, and she was home in the bed and asleep,” Ethan Coltrain said of his wife. “She just immediately jumped out of bed, and there was lights and chaos, as you can imagine.”

“My first thought is, ‘I needed to call my husband and I wish my husband was here,'” Casey Coltrain said, adding that she called him first before dialing 911 and then alerting her workplace of what had happened.

Family and friends have stopped by throughout the day to help clean up the mess, and tonight the Coltrains will assess the damage of some of the Christmas presents that were in the living room under the destroyed Christmas tree, she said.

Sarah Hodges, public information officer at Beaufort County Schools, said there were no students on board during the crash.

Hodges said there are a few buses on reserve in case another needs maintenance repair, so the school system will do whatever is necessary to make sure bus 282’s route is covered.

She said she could not comment on the consequences the driver may potentially face. The cause of the accident is under investigation by the state Highway Patrol Office in Washington, a press release stated.

“Everything is pending the outcome of the investigation. We’re just very thankful that no students were on board,” Hodges said. “It was just the driver, and fortunately, no one was transported (to the hospital).”