Jan 12, 2007 12:13 pm US/Pacific
School Bus Crashes Into Students At Pa. H.S.
More Than A Dozen High School Students Taken To Hospitals With Injuries
FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. (CBS News) ―
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Authorities said shortly after 2:30 p.m. a Pennsbury School District school bus struck several students in the parking lot of the Pennsbury High School on Hood Blvd. in Fairless Hills.
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Officials said that at least 15 students were injured.
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Superintendent Paul Long.
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A school bus hit several students as they were leaving a high school, then crashed into a retaining wall, sending more than a dozen children to area hospitals, officials said.
Falls Township Public Safety Director Neil Harkins said 14 to 15 Pennsbury High School students were taken to hospitals. Some had been walking near the school and some had been on the bus, he said.
Harkins said the bus veered out of control and struck several children, then continued on for several hundred yards before crashing into a fence and a brick wall.
The official said the extent of the injuries weren't immediately known, but that the students were "all visibly injured" and were taken to the hospitals in ambulances.
The accident occurred as the students were being dismissed from the school, which is about 20 miles northeast of Philadelphia.
The bus wound up against the wall, its front end smashed.
The students' injuries from the 2:20 p.m. crash were described by a county dispatcher as ranging from minor to serious. No details were released about the driver's condition or what could have caused the crash.
The bus wound up against the wall, its front end smashed.
The school is in Bucks County, about 20 miles northeast of Philadelphia.
In New York City, another school bus overturned Friday morning as it was taking students to class, injuring five children and two adults, police and fire department officials there said. Officials said most of the injuries in that case appeared to be minor.
(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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