SOUTHFIELD (WWJ) — Six people, including five students, are recovering after a crash involving a school bus in Southfield Wednesday morning.
Southfield police officials say the crash happened around 7:15 a.m. when a school bus carrying 29 charter school students collided with a Chevy Cruze in the area of 12 Mile and Greenfield Roads.
While Southfield police initially reported Wednesday morning only the driver of the Cruze had been taken to the hospital, Fire Chief Johnny Menifee told WWJ’s Luke Sloan in an afternoon update five children had also been taken to the hospital.
Two children inside the Chevy were taken to the hospital, along with three students on the bus, which was en route to Crescent Academy, a charter school for pre-K to 8th grade. Authorities did not release the ages of anyone injured in the crash.
Everyone who was injured sustained what Menifee called non-life-threatening injuries. They were all listed in stable condition and expected to be fine, he said.
The other 26 students and the bus driver were uninjured. The other students were transferred to another bus and taken to the school.