Numerous Children Injured in School Bus Crash

MOUNT PLEASANT — A hospital official said nearly 30 children were treated for minor injuries Wednesday morning after a Mount Pleasant school bus collided with a tractor-trailer. According to the Longview News-Journal, medical personnel at Titus Regional Medical Center treated “approximately” 29 children and the driver of the bus after the crash near Mount Pleasant. None of the victims’ injuries were life threatening and most had been discharged.

Mount Pleasant Police Chief Wayne Isbell said the driver of the bus and three students were taken by ambulance to Titus Regional Medical Center. Another 17 students were taken by bus to the hospital to be examined for “minor injuries,” according to Isbell. The bus driver was treated busted knee cap, Isbell said. Isbell said the bus was from a contracted bus company, and this school year was the first year the school district used the service.