UPDATE, from Eureka City Schools:

On Thursday morning, a Eureka City Schools bus transporting students on a field trip from Alice Birney Elementary to Prairie Creek experienced mechanical difficulty. As a precaution, the students were ushered off the bus until another bus arrived. The second bus picked up the students and the field trip resumed without incident.

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Listeners calling into KSLG this morning alerted us that kids were being ushered off a school bus on the side of northbound Highway 101 near the Samoa Blvd. exit. 

North Coast News reporter Natalie Weber reports via Facebook that the kids were evacuated due to a suspected gas line leak on the bus. The decision was precautionary and no injuries have been reported.