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Updated: 3:00 PM Sep 7, 2009
16 Students Released from RMH After School Bus Crash
Rockingham County More than a dozen students were treated at Rockingham Memorial Hospital and released, following a school bus crash in Keezletown Thursday afternoon.
Posted: 3:56 PM Sep 3, 2009 |
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More than a dozen students were treated at Rockingham Memorial Hospital and released, following a school bus crash in Keezletown Thursday afternoon.
The students were on their way home from Cub Run Elementary and Montevideo Middle schools when their school bus hit a tree.
When emergency service crews arrived, students were waiting in a nearby yard, where some of them were treated and released to their parents.
Others took another school bus home.
"The principals of the schools were here along with some secretaries, and some counselors that were here to help with the scene," says Rockingham County Public Schools transportation director Jim Slye.
Slye says parents were immediately notified about the crash and the status of their child.
Out of the 62 students on board, a total of 16 checked in to RMH. The injuries were minor.
"Mostly bumps, bruises, scrapes, sprains and a lot of shaken up children, but nothing life threatening," says Debra Thompson, director of corporate communications for RMH.
She says treating so many students at one time was possible due to a team effort.
"We were very fortunate that the school system alerted their emergency preparedness plan, and were able to send some of their officials over here to help triage parents, which was really helpful in helping us get parents back to their children in a more timely fashion," says Thompson.
State police continue to investigate this crash. A witness on the scene says a dump truck ran the bus off the road.
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My son and his friends was on the bus,involved in the wreck today I have to say FIRST god bless you Mr. BUS driver.I am so thankful for your job training to be able to drive a bus full of children and keep a level head in the event of emergencies,you will be blessed for bringing all 62 children to a safe stop with only minor bumps."JOB WELL DONE" next to all the children on the bus for helping each other, school personal, exspecially ms. milliken, 1st one to the wreck to help her students.then To all other emergercey personal, from school,*to rmh wow outstanding work!!! you guys were awsome..2 thumbs way up!! would like to say thank you to driver of a pick -up my son said you stopped to help them! bless you. " to justin M. & tyler S. way to go.. you two helped all the kids off the bus and tyler helped a girl with a busted lip , and showed great care for all his "bus" friends.. i am proud of you. for helping out, and knowing how to keep it together, and not act up. great job ty..
Crystal, I happen to know that a lot of the children involved were hispanic and I think that it is great that we have a hispanic population involved with community news and posting their feelings. The hispanic parents may not be able to spell correctly 100% of the time, but at least they are making their children go to school. Please leave the spelling and grammar check to another less sensitive story.
My son and his friends was on the bus,involved in the wreck today I have to say FIRST god bless you Mr. BUS driver.I am so thankful for your traing to be able to drive ancomnrntrait bus driver for keeping a level head and bringing all 62 children to a safe stop with only minor bumps.. next to all the children on the bus for helping each other, school personal, exspecially ms. millkin, 1st one to the wreck to help her students.then To all other emergercey personal, fom schook , worh and reiwnds... thumbs way up would like to say thank you tothebus driver for children as safw as he can... keeping im mind that2gental boys two special general juvivalls.
