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School bus carrying 32 students crashes into home near Ohio-Indiana border

School bus carrying 32 students crashes into home near Ohio-Indiana border
THE DRIVER WAS GOING TO DROP OFF MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, BUT SOME SORT OF INCIDENT HAPPENED THAT CAUSED HIM TO CRASH INTO THIS HOME. IT HAPPENED AROUND 7:30 THIS MORNING. >> WE HAD A BUS CRASH AT COLLEGE CORNER UNION SCHOOL. WE NEED AN AMBULANCE. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BUS WAS MAKING ITS WAY AROUND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING WHEN IT CRASHED INTO THE HOME. >> I WAS OUT PUTTING LAUNDRY ON THE CLOTHESLINE AND HEARD A TREMENDOUS NOISE. >> THE HOMEOWNER ASSUMED IT WAS A NOISE FROM TRASH DAY PERHAPS A , SCHOOL DUMPSTER BEING DROPPED. >> WHEN I CAME THROUGH THE BACK OF THE HOUSE AND LOOKED OUT THE FRONT WINDOW, THEN I SEEN THE SCHOOL BUS ON THE FRONT PORCH. >> 32 STUDENTS WERE ON THE BUS AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. ALL OF THEM WERE EVALUATED BY EMS ON THE SCENE AND NO CHILD WAS TRANSPORTED. >> SCHOOL DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF ACCOUNTING FOR THE KIDS TAKING CARE OF THE KIDS HAD SOME COUNSELORS THERE. LIKE I SAID, ALL OF THEM WERE EVALUATED BY EMS PERSONNEL AND RELEASED THAT THEY DIDN’T HAVE TO BE TRANSPORTED. >> SIEBERT A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER IS GRATEFUL CONSIDERING WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN. BUT, HIS THOUGHTS ARE STILL WITH THE BUS DRIVER. >> THIS CAN BE REPLACED. KIDS WEREN’T HURT, THAT’S WHAT MATTERS. AND, WE HOPE THE BEST FOR THE DRIVER. >> THE BUS DRIVER WAS UNRESPONSIVE WHEN FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED. HE WAS TAKEN TO REED HOSPITAL IN RICHMOND INDIANA. FIRE CHIEF DON JACKSON SAYS HIS VITALS WERE IMPROVING. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO FURTHER UPDATE ON HIS CONDITION. ASHLEY: NOW, COMING UP ON WLWT NEWS 5 AT 6, WE TALK MORE WITH THE HOMEOWNER WHO TELLS US WHERE HE WAS WHEN THE CRASH HAPPENED AND HOW AND WHY HE STEPPED IN TO HELP. IN COLLEGE CORNER, NATALIE CLA
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School bus carrying 32 students crashes into home near Ohio-Indiana border
A school bus driver was taken to the hospital after a school bus carrying 32 students crashed into a home near College Corner Union Elementary in College Corner.It happened around 8 a.m. in the 230 block of Ramsey Street when the bus crashed into a home near the school. Officials on scene say 32 students were on the bus when it crashed, but none of them were seriously injured. The driver of the bus was unconscious at the scene and was taken to Reed Hospital in Richmond, officials say.Indiana State Police will be leading the crash investigation. This is a developing story and will be updated. WLWT has a reporter heading to the scene.

A school bus driver was taken to the hospital after a school bus carrying 32 students crashed into a home near College Corner Union Elementary in College Corner.

It happened around 8 a.m. in the 230 block of Ramsey Street when the bus crashed into a home near the school.

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Officials on scene say 32 students were on the bus when it crashed, but none of them were seriously injured. The driver of the bus was unconscious at the scene and was taken to Reed Hospital in Richmond, officials say.

Indiana State Police will be leading the crash investigation.

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This is a developing story and will be updated. WLWT has a reporter heading to the scene.