Children injured, one seriously when Lee County school bus crashes
The driver of a school bus carrying students to a Lee County charter school was charged with failure to maintain lane control on Thursday morning.
Posted — UpdatedFour children were injured, one seriously when the bus overturned in a ditch on Lemon Springs Road near St. Andrews Church Road in Sanford. There were 13 students on the bus, en route to MINA charter school, at the time of the crash around 7:30 a.m.
A surveillance camera mounted on a nearby home captured the moment the bus slipped into the culvert. Minutes later, the video shows students being led away from the crash by those who stopped to help.
One student was taken to UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill, while others were being treated for aches and pains at Central Carolina Hospital.
“It could have been a whole lot worse; we are fortunate," said Shawn Williams, lead administrator at MINA charter school.
The State Highway Patrol said the bus slid veered off the two-lane road and into a ditch. It was raining at the time, but officials did not believe rain was a major factor in the crash.
A tow truck used chains to remove the school bus from the road, which reopened by 11 a.m.
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