SCHOOL BUS CRASH
REPORTS 2006
4 seriously hurt in
school bus crash on I-95
53 suffer minor injuries; Pa. group was on field trip to National
Aquarium
July 5, 2006
Seat belts prevent
injuries especially when the bus flips and children are thrown by crash
forces.
Nearly 60 people were
injured, four seriously, today when a bus carrying children from a field
trip to the National Aquarium crashed on Interstate 95 in northeastern
Maryland.
The four seriously
injured patients, all of whom were children, were flown to Johns Hopkins
Children's Center in Baltimore, said Rich Gardiner, a spokesman for
Harford County Volunteer Fire and EMS.
Two of the children
were in serious condition at Hopkins and two were in good condition,
said David Hare, a hospital spokesman. Two other children were en route
to Hopkins from the scene as a precaution, he said.
Gardiner said 53 people
with minor injuries were taken to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel
Air, Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, Union Hospital in
Elkton, Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore and Christina Hospital in
Newark, Del.
All northbound lanes of
I-95 in the Aberdeen area were closed after the 5 p.m. accident. The
southbound lanes were closed for two hours and 40 minutes.
The bus lay on one side
in the breakdown lane, and long skid marks could be seen from the median
across several lanes of the highway.
Fire trucks blocked the
highway, and rescuers swarmed around patients, placing some on
backboards and stretchers. Emergency helicopters landed on the highway
to pick up patients.
Drivers in cars stuck
behind the accident scene got out of their vehicles and walked along the
highway, with traffic at a standstill.
The bus was one of six
returning to Norris Square Day Camp in Philadelphia from the aquarium,
said Sgt. David Jones of the Maryland State Police.
One other vehicle, the
cab portion of a tractor-trailer, was involved in the crash, state
police said.
The bus that crashed
had 60 people on board, including three chaperones who did not need
medical treatment.
The other five buses
drove to the nearby Maryland House rest stop along the interstate to
wait for the road to reopen.
Officials for the day
camp could not immediately be reached for comment.
Copyright © 2006, The Associated Press
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