Kentucky school bus crash leaves 18 students, driver injured
A school bus crashed over an embankment and landed on its side Monday morning in rural Kentucky, sending the driver and 18 children to hospitals with injuries ranging from minor to severe, authorities said Monday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A school bus crashed over an embankment and landed on its side Monday morning in rural Kentucky, sending the driver and 18 children to hospitals with injuries ranging from minor to severe, authorities said Monday.
Students from elementary age through high school were aboard the bus en route to classes when the crash occurred on a state highway near Salyersville in eastern Kentucky, said Superintendent Chris Meadows of Magoffin County Schools.
No other vehicles were involved.
Meadows spoke of varying injuries from minor to critical at an afternoon news conference and reported a mix of emotions in the school district after the crash. While it has been quiet and sad, he said, officials are thankful that there aren’t any fatalities to report at this time.
“All of these families, these students and this driver, they are in our thoughts and prayers,” Meadows said, adding officials were following up with families and doing everything possible to help them.
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