Seventeen injured in head-on crash involving school bus, dump truck, and car
Authorities in south Charlotte, North Carolina, responded to a serious crash involving a school bus loaded with students on Wednesday morning.
The crash occurred around 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 11, on on Sharon Road in Charlotte.
🧵 What to know: CMS school bus in crash with 2 other vehicles, injuring 17 in south Charlotte. pic.twitter.com/FhHGATVVyR
— The Charlotte Observer (@theobserver) May 11, 2022
Authorities say that a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools bus was transporting about 40 students to South Mecklenburg High when the bus became involved in a head-on crash with a dump truck and a car.
Both the bus driver and the dump truck driver were pinned and required extrication by firefighters, according to the Charlotte Observer.
Fifteen students were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. Authorities report that two other people were transported, one with serious injuries and one with life-threatening injuries.
It isn’t clear what caused the crash or whether any charges will be filed.
This is a developing story.