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Crash flips school bus in Central Texas, injuring 32

Posted on Jan 18, 2012

TEMPLE -- A tractor-trailer clipped a school bus full of students Tuesday, flipping the bus onto its side and sending 32 people -- 29 of them children -- to a Central Texas hospital.
A 9-year-old boy was ejected through the escape hatch in the bus roof, and the bus driver was knocked unconscious, police said.
The wreck occurred about 7:30 a.m. on Farm Road 93 on the southeastern outskirts of Temple, about 60 miles northeast of Austin.
The truck apparently ran a stop sign and hit the Academy school district bus, trooper Harpin Myers of the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
Conditions were foggy, but it was unclear whether that was a factor, Myers said.
Three of the 29 children were hospitalized, one in critical condition, and 26 were discharged, said Katherine Voss, a spokeswoman for the Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple.
Academy schools Superintendent Kevin Sprinkles said the three children were expected to recover, although "they all face a long road."
The bus driver was also listed in critical condition, but both of the other adults, including the truck driver, were treated and released, Voss said.
Sprinkles said the bus was carrying about 38 children from all grade levels and was on its way to drop students off at the first of three schools when the crash happened.

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