Two students and three adults were hurt when a bus that transports students with special needs crashed into an SUV this week in Pennsylvania, police said.
The Bethlehem Township Police Department responded to the accident, which involved a passenger vehicle and the bus, around 4:35 p.m. local time on Tuesday, Sept. 2. The crash happened at an intersection in Bethlehem Township, Northampton County.
Police said their initial investigation shows the passenger vehicle was stopped in a westbound lane, waiting to turn left and head south. The school bus was traveling west when it reached the intersection.
“At some point, the bus hit the back of the stopped vehicle waiting to turn left,” police said. “Both vehicles had moderate damage and had to be towed.”
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2):format(webp)/pa-bush-crash-1-090325-3464de18a1314b0f897528183969971c.jpg)
The school bus is part of the Colonial Intermediate Unit 20, which transports students with special needs for local school districts, police added.
The people injured included two students, a school bus aid, the bus driver, and the driver of the SUV.
They were all taken to the Emergency Room at St. Luke’s Hospital – Anderson Campus for evaluation. Police said none of the injuries were life threatening.
Along with police, emergency teams from Bethlehem Township Volunteer Fire Company, Nancy Run Fire Company, and paramedics from Bethlehem Township EMS responded to the crash.
Police said they are still investigating the circumstances of the accident.
