BREAKING NEWS: At least seven injured after school bus carrying more than 20 students crashes into two parked cars and careens into upstate New York home
- At least seven people were injured when a school bus crashed with at least two other vehicles, sending the bus careening into a nearby home
- The bus could be seen tearing through the side of the two-story home in Monsey, New York while pinning down an overturned SUV
- Witnesses say the bus struck two parked cars and dragged them with it over a hill and into the house
- At least two people are now in serious condition
- The bus also suffered significant damage with its entire front end ripped off
At least seven children were rushed to the hospital early Thursday morning when a school bus carrying more than 20 students crashed into two parked cars and careened into a nearby home.
Authorities say the crash happened just before 9am as a bus bringing children to school hit two parked cars and tumbled down a hill.
It then struck the side of a two-story home on Southgate Drive in New Hempstead, New York before stopping.
Seven students and the bus driver have now been transported to local hospitals, with two reported in serious condition.
All of the other children were brought back to their Jewish Day School to be evaluated, ABC 7 reports.
Pictures from the scene show the bus, with its front end broken off, tearing through the side of the home while an SUV is pinned underneath it.
The extent of the children’s injuries remains unclear, but the driver was not seriously injured. An investigation into the crash is now ongoing.
Upstate New York authorities rushed to the scene of a Monsey home, where a school bus tore through its side and pinned an SUV underneath it
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