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School bus crash sends 11
students to hospital
From Staff Reports
Two West Lafayette Community School buses collided
shortly after leaving the parking lot of Happy Hollow Elementary School,
1200 N. Salisbury St., Tuesday afternoon.
According to Lt. Jason Dombkowski of the West Lafayette
Police Department, one bus rear-ended another bus near the intersection
of Rockland Drive and Salisbury Street.
The crash, which occurred around 2:45 p.m., damaged
the front passenger side of bus No. 9501 and the rear end of bus No.
9901.
Dombkowski said 11 Happy Hollow Elementary School
students and at least one of the bus drivers were treated for minor
injuries at St. Elizabeth Medical Center. There were 61 students on
the two buses.
The nursing supervisor of St. Elizabeth Medical
Center said that all of the students have been released by Tuesday evening.
The West Lafayette Police Department is currently
investigating the crash.
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