Video shows school bus crash in Everett, Massachusetts; 9 students taken to hospital
By Logan Hall
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EVERETT, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Nine students were taken to the hospital as a precaution after a car struck a school bus in Everett, Massachusetts on Thursday afternoon. Surveillance video shows the moment the BMW collided with the school bus full of children at the intersection of Broadway and Langdon Streets.
There were 11 elementary and middle school students, a bus driver and a monitor on board the bus at the time. Nine students were transported to the hospital from the scene, and two were released to their parents. One of the students was taken to the hospital by a parent.
All the students’ injuries are not life threatening and they are expected to be OK. They all attend the Devens School in Everett, a therapeutic day school for students eligible for special education.
Everett Public School Superintendent Bill Hart said it appears the bus driver was following all the traffic laws. The crash forced the bus into a city owned light pole at the corner of Langdon and Broadway, according to Hart.
“The bus was making a left-hand turn from Broadway into Langdon Street,” said Hart. “It was legal, it was correct, it was observing all, from what I could see, all appropriate signage when a vehicle on the inside lane of a two-lane main throughfare came on up on the right hand side and hit the back end of the bus.”
The BMW involved in the crash had significant front-end damage. Everett Police said the cause of the crash is still under investigation.
No other information has been released.
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