A school bus wreck on Highway 25 this morning caused multiple injuries, according to Sgt. Derrick Beckom with Mississippi Highway Patrol.
A Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District bus and a private vehicle collided near the highway’s intersection with Longview Road, Beckom said. The bus was occupied with sixth-12th grade students at the time.
Both drivers sustained more serious injuries, Beckom said, while any student injuries were “minor as far as we know.”
Beckom said MHP would release more information on the incident later today.
Multiple calls to the SOCSD superintendent’s office before press time were unanswered, but district officials released a statement at about 9:20 a.m. indicating all the students who were riding the bus are safe.
“The bus driver, bus monitor and all students were transported to OCH Regional Medical Center for evaluation,” an email from administrative assistant to the superintendent Emily Ward reads. “Parents of all students involved in the accident have been notified and a parent or guardian for each student is currently at the medical facility. (The district) has not been made aware of any serious injuries to students.”
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