January 20, 2012
On January 17 at 7:30 a.m. on Farm-to-Market Road 93, a tractor-trailer clipped a school bus full of students and flipped it onto its side on the southeastern outskirts of Temple, Texas, about 60 miles northeast of Austin, reports the Insurance Journal.
Thirty-two people went to the hospital; 29 of them were children. A 9-year-old boy was ejected through the escape hatch in the bus roof. The bus driver was knocked unconscious, police said.
A trooper from the Texas Department of Public Safety said a hardware truck apparently ran a stop sign when it hit the Academy school district bus. Conditions were foggy, but it was unclear whether that factored into the crash, he said.
Three of the 29 children being treated were admitted to the hospital, one in critical condition. The other 26 children were discharged, said a spokeswoman for the Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple.
The Academy school superintendent said that the three injured children were expected to recover, although “they all face a long road” to recovery.
The bus driver also was listed in critical condition, but both of the other adults, including the truck driver, were treated and discharged, he said.
Counselors were available for students at the Academy schools on Wednesday.
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