One student has died and over 20 others have been injured after a school bus overturned in Ohio, USA.
According to local media reports, another vehicle crossed his path and the school bus driver attempted to swerve to avoid a head-on collision.
Bus crash in Springfield, Ohio. It’s about an hour and a half north of Cincinnati. Dayton is reporting that there was one fatality. The bus carries elementary students from Northwestern schools. @WLWT pic.twitter.com/I9rk7jwTZm
— Brian Hamrick (@bhamrick_wlwt) August 22, 2023
However, the two vehicles collided and the school bus, carrying 52 students, overturned off the road near Springfield.
A child who was thrown from the vehicle was later found dead, while more than 20 were hospitalized. One of them was hospitalized in serious condition, a police spokesman said.
The two people traveling in the car that caused the crash were released with minor injuries.