Several JCPS elementary school students hospitalized after bus crash in Louisville

Eight children were taken to the hospital Tuesday afternoon after a Jefferson County Public Schools bus crashed with a minivan in Louisville's Newburg neighborhood, district spokesperson Mark Hebert said.

Hebert said the kids were all students at Indian Trail Elementary and were being taken to the hospital as a precaution. The crash happened at Rangeland Road and Ridgecrest Road, according to JCPS.

According to MetroSafe supervisor Bob Lowhorn, the crash was reported at 4:08 p.m. Police and emergency medical service officials have been on the scene it was called in.

District spokesperson Carolyn Callahan told The Courier Journal the bus driver drove another bus to drop the other children who were not injured. She said 17 kids were on the bus at the time and eight were being treated for "minor injuries."

"From what we hear, all of our students are going to be OK," Callahan said.

Okolona Fire Assitant Chief Joe Hamilton said the three people that were in the minivan were taken to the hospital, but he was not aware of their current condition.

The bus appeared to crash into the side of the minivan, he said, but he did not get into specifics as his group had not yet started its investigation.

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This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: JCPS bus crashes, sends 8 Indian Trail Elementary students to hospital