February 20, 2015
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (CBS)
Ten students were taken to the hospital
Friday morning, after a school bus was involved in a traffic accident with a
car in southwest suburban Montgomery.
The crash happened around 8:50 a.m. at the intersection of
Orchard Road and Caterpillar Drive in Montgomery.
The school bus ended up off the road in a field. The car
apparently hit a traffic light pole, and was severely damaged in the crash.
Brian Graves, spokesman for Oswego Community Unit School
District 308 confirmed a school bus for Boulder Hill Elementary School in
Montgomery was involved in the crash.
Thirty-one students were on the bus at the time. Ten were
taken to the hospital for evaluation and treatment; the other 21 students were
picked up by another bus and taken to school.
According to unconfirmed dispatch reports, at least one
other person was taken to the hospital, likely the driver of the car.
Further information was not immediately available