Dump truck rear ends school bus in Glencoe, 5 children injured
Five children were injured after a dump truck rear-ended a school bus in Glencoe, Minnesota Tuesday morning.
GLENCOE, Minn. (FOX 9) - Five children were taken to the hospital Tuesday morning after a school bus crash in Glencoe.
The Minnesota State Patrol said a school bus with 16 children on board was traveling south on Highway 22 around 7:30 a.m. when it was rear-ended by a dump truck.
Five children were transported to Glencoe Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Neither driver was injured.
Glencoe-Silver Lake Public Schools Superintendent Chris Sonju sent the following message to families:
"I want to inform our families that there was a bus accident this morning involving Bus 1. I am happy to report that the driver and all students are okay. Five students that were taken to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries. I have connected with the families offer support and make sure their children are doing well.
Today, as with every day, I am grateful for our bus drivers and the enormous responsibility they have each day. I am thankful for our first responders and the work they do…....not just with this incident, but with the many they deal with. This is a sobering reminder of the importance of safe driving."