Seven students were transported to the hospital after a school bus got into a rollover crash, Albuquerque police said Wednesday.A spokesperson with Albuquerque Public Schools said 23 students were aboard the school bus when a white Mustang hit its rear tire, causing the bus to tip over. The driver of the Mustang was transported, officials said at a briefing.The Albuquerque Police Department said the crash happened around 4 p.m. at Messina Drive Southwest and Gibson Boulevard.All crash victims are expected to survive their injuries, police said.A police spokesperson told sister station KOAT that the school bus was from George I. Sanchez Collaborative Community School.Police said an Albuquerque Public Schools principal responsible for those students called parents and asked them to meet just west of Messina and Gibson to pick up their child."We’re keeping the kids who went through this scary incident and their families in our prayers and are grateful that there are no life-threatening injuries at this time. Thank you to the first responders who acted swiftly to make sure the kids were safe and got the help they needed, preventing this from turning into a worse situation," said Mayor Tim Keller.Presbyterian Hospitals confirmed that a few patients from the crash were checked in but they could not confirm how many. Lovelace Hospitals said it received patients as well.
Seven students were transported to the hospital after a school bus got into a rollover crash, Albuquerque police said Wednesday.
A spokesperson with Albuquerque Public Schools said 23 students were aboard the school bus when a white Mustang hit its rear tire, causing the bus to tip over. The driver of the Mustang was transported, officials said at a briefing.
The Albuquerque Police Department said the crash happened around 4 p.m. at Messina Drive Southwest and Gibson Boulevard.
All crash victims are expected to survive their injuries, police said.
A police spokesperson told sister station KOAT that the school bus was from George I. Sanchez Collaborative Community School.
Police said an Albuquerque Public Schools principal responsible for those students called parents and asked them to meet just west of Messina and Gibson to pick up their child.
"We’re keeping the kids who went through this scary incident and their families in our prayers and are grateful that there are no life-threatening injuries at this time. Thank you to the first responders who acted swiftly to make sure the kids were safe and got the help they needed, preventing this from turning into a worse situation," said Mayor Tim Keller.
Presbyterian Hospitals confirmed that a few patients from the crash were checked in but they could not confirm how many. Lovelace Hospitals said it received patients as well.
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