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Driver killed after taking school bus on chase

A school bus driver was killed by police after leading them on a chase in which he rammed police vehicles and other cars before stopping in the Chicago suburb of Glenwood.

South Holland Police Chief Warren Millsaps says the driver was ordered to leave the stopped bus but instead tried to ram officers. He was then shot and killed.

No children were on the bus, but another bus company employee was. She wasn't hurt.

Millsaps says two officers received non-life-threatening injuries during the incident.

Officials at First Student Transportation Co. says the chase began at the bus company's South Holland facility when they told the man he wouldn't be allowed to drive Friday because of his "attitude."

Spokeswoman Glenda Lamont says he took the bus and the company alerted police. Lamont says the driver picked up one child but dropped the child at school before the chase began.