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Student to be charged after alleged bomb threat on Bristol-Plymouth bus

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A student will be charged after an alleged bomb threat while they were on a Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School bus on Friday, Massachusetts State Police say.

The department said the school received the threat on one of their busses around 2:40 p.m. Friday afternoon.

The bus pulled over into the rest stop on the northbound side of Route 24 in Bridgewater, and the students were removed as the Massachusetts State Police bomb squad cleared the bus.

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After an investigation, it was determined a student on the bus allegedly called in the threat.

Police say the student will be charged.

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