Missouri school bus crash: At least 14 students, driver hurt
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At least 14 students and the driver were hurt after a school bus slammed through an interstate highway guardrail and ran into a ravine in the St. Louis area on Thursday.
The students were headed from St. Louis to a suburban grade school as part of a voluntary desegregation program.
The crash unfolded on I-44 in St. Louis County, briefly trapping the driver. Paramedics raced to get everyone on the bus to the hospital.
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"Everybody is going to be okay," Highway Patrol Sgt. Al Nothum told Fox 2.
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One child ejected through the bus' emergency door during the crash had moderate injuries and others suffered bumps and scrapes, Nothum said.
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A car and truck crashed ahead of the bus, highway patrol officers said, adding that the bus hit one of the vehicles before running off the interstate. It finally came to a stop about 15 feet down the embankment, investigators said.
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The children, who ranged from kindergartners to 5th graders, were heading from St. Louis to Hanna Woods Elementary School in Manchester.
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At least six ambulances rushed to the scene. The drivers of the white truck and red car involved in the initial crash weren't hurt, Fox 2 reported.
First responders initially estimated 12 children were on the bus.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.