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Four school buses collide in Indiana; 50 students, driver injured
Baku, May 23 (AZERTAC). A chain reaction collision of four school buses in northern Indiana Wednesday afternoon left about 50 students and a bus driver injured, authorities said.
An unidentified witness told WSBT-TV, South Bend, the buses, which were carrying about 100 students, were travelling on State Road 13 in North Webster about 3:30 p.m. when the fourth bus slammed into the third one, triggering the chain reaction.
The witness said the Wawasee buses were carrying middle and high school students.
A Kosciusko Community Hospital representative told the TV station 46 patients were being treated there, including a bus driver who was airlifted. The representative said none of the victims was in critical condition.
Four other children were taken to another hospital where a representative said they were treated and released, WSBT-TV said.
Students who were not hurt were taken by another bus to Wawasee Middle School where they were picked up by their parents, police said.
The driver was taken by helicopter to Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. A doctor at the scene told school officials the driver's injuries appeared not to be critical, Hill said.
He said more than 100 students from Wawasee School Corp. were on the buses when the accident occurred about a mile north of North Webster, which is about 40 miles west of Fort Wayne.
The exact cause of the accident that happened about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday likely won't be released for days because the buses need to be inspected for any mechanical problems, Hill said.
Children who were not injured were taken by another bus to Wawasee Middle School where they were picked up by their parents, Hill said.