Two people have been killed, including one child, after a school bus crashed and overturned in Texas.
The tragic incident happened Friday around 2:50 p.m. on West State Highway 21, near Caldwell Road in Bastrop County, about 50 minutes outside of Austin.
Hays Consolidated Independent School District confirmed the bus was carrying 44 Tom Green Elementary School students and 11 adults on their way home from a field trip at the Bastrop Zoo.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said the cement truck crashed into the school bus just before a driver of a Dodge Charger crashed into the bus.
One student, who was on the bus, and the male adult driver in the car died, officials said.
“Please pray for the families of Tom Green Elementary School,” Mayor Lee Urbanovsky said in a Facebook post.
A school bus crashed on West State Highway 21 near Caldwell Road in Bastrop County, Texas, around 2:50 p.m. Friday. One child and an adult died
Hays Consolidated Independent School District confirmed the bus was carrying 44 Tom Green Elementary School pre-K students and 11 adults on their way home from a field trip at the Bastrop Zoo
KVUE reported that 32 people were transported from the scene by Austin-Travis County EMS medics.
The parents of the students on board were notified and an alert was sent stating that “the district is in the process of conducting reunification.”
The school is located in Buda, Texas, about an hour’s drive from the crash site.
Video showed several police officers and tow trucks at the scene attempting to lift the overturned bus. The top of the bus was mangled in the crash.
Transportation personnel, counselors, safety and security personnel and administrators also assisted first responders on the scene, the news release said.
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The Texas Department of Public Safety said the cement truck crashed into the school bus just before a driver of a Dodge Charger crashed into the bus. (photo: another bus arriving on site)
Video showed several police officers and tow trucks at the scene attempting to lift the overturned bus. The top of the bus was mangled in the crash
Tom Green Elementary School is located in Buda, Texas, about an hour’s drive from the crash site
“Additional patients were transported by other agencies,” Austin-Travis County EMS officials said.
As a result, all lanes in both directions of West State Highway 21 near Caldwell Road are closed.
Traffic was diverted and motorists were advised to avoid the area.
Hayes Free Press reported that the truck driver was taken to Ascension Seton Hayes Hospital in Kyle and their condition is unclear.
“I am shocked and deeply saddened to hear today about the school bus crash in Bastrop County,” said Senator John Cornyn on X.
“Please join me in praying for these children, educators and their families, especially those who have lost loved ones, during this difficult time.”