A school bus slammed head-on into a tow truck on a Pennsylvania road Wednesday, leaving 49 kids and two adults hospitalized.
The bus was carrying 54 students in Kindergarten through eighth grade to their second day of classes at Bear Creek Community Charter School in Wilkes-Barre when the crash occurred around 8:10 a.m. on Route 115 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) said at a press conference, WOLF reported.
As of Wednesday afternoon, four of the 49 children who were hospitalized remained in treatment for moderate injuries, Bear Creek CEO Jim Smith told The Post.
The bus driver, Suzanne Ent, 53, and the tow truck driver, 28-year-old Edward Steinmann, were also hospitalized with moderate injuries, Captain Patrick Dougherty of the PSP said at the early morning presser.
The students were brought to the hospital in a second school bus with official escort, while the drivers were transported by EMS services, Dougherty added.
Images from the accident site show both the large school bus and the tow truck with significant front-end damage.
The parents of the children have all been notified, Dougherty said.
“At this time it is believed the operator of the tow truck suffered a medical issue” that caused them to cross over into oncoming traffic at the time of the crash, he explained.
An investigation into the cause of the crash remains in progress.
“I’m looking forward to the results of the ongoing investigation,” Smith said at the scene.