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Kentucky Bus Crash Injures 50 People

September 28, 2012 | Filed under: Blog

A crash between a car and a Jefferson County Public Schools bus left at least fifty people in treatment for their injuries at the hospital after the bus overturned. The bus was transporting students to Frost Middle School in Kentucky – all but one person accepted hospitalization.

LFD (left) and JCEMS (right) ambulances at Uof...

LFD (left) and JCEMS (right) ambulances at UofL Hospital (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

At about 7:15 a.m. after what was expected to be a typical morning for the students going to their middle school was interrupted by a loud bang that was immediately followed by a motion shockwave that knocked the students off their seats and scattered them all throughout the bus. They were thrown on the isle, on other seats and some hit the windows and the roofs of the bus.

School bus No. 1250 had been hit by a Ford Mustang that was transporting two people. According to police, the vehicle was traveling west on Moorman Road when the driver lost control of the handling. The vehicle slid towards oncoming traffic and smashed against the school bus.

Dwight Mitchell a LMPD spokesman told the WAFB 9 that the bus was knocked to its side and rolled several times. Inside the students were tumbled like clothes in a washing machine and in the processes claimed a mass amount of school children.

Pleasure Ridge Park firefighters and metro EMS responded to the accident, treating most of the victims at the site.

According to Lt. Col. Lee Dennison and Louisville Metro EMS said that 49 people, including the bus driver, were on the bus. All of the children were taken to the hospital and treated for injuries at three different hospitals. At least 24 patients were transported to a hospital on a specialized Metro EMS medical response bus. A convoy of ground ambulances delivered the rest of the studentry to other hospitals, including a group of six that were taken to Kosair.

None of the injuries were considered serious or life threatening. Dennison said the bus driver declined treatment.

The road was closed down as LMPD traffic unit is investigated the crash. A specialty towing group arrived on the scene to stand the bus back on its wheels and tow it from the scene.

At about 11:00, the roads were reopened.

Investigators believe that wet roads and rain may have played a factor in the crash. It is easy for a vehicle to lose control when it is traveling at a fast velocity.

Have your children or friends been injured in a school bus accident? Contact us for a free consultation, you may be entitle to compensation.

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