SCHOOL BUS CRASH REPORTS 2007

Seven Students Suffer Minor Injuries in School Bus Accident in Lauderdale Lakes
March 9 2007

LAUDERDALE LAKES -- A Boyd Anderson High School student, 16, and six middle school pupils were taken to hospitals with minor injuries Friday morning a school bus crash, authorities said.

The school bus was loaded with students en route to Lauderdale Lakes Middle School when it struck the 16-year-old boy walking to Boyd Anderson about 7:20 a.m. at Oakland Park Boulevard and Northwest 31st Avenue, said Marsy Smith, a spokeswoman for Broward schools.

The bus was moving slowly when the crash occurred, according to a Broward Sheriff's Office news release.

Paramedics took the high school student to Holy Cross Hospital, but his injuries were not serious, Smith said. Six students who were on the bus complained of pain and were taken to Plantation General Hospital as a precaution, the Sheriff's Office said.

By Macollvie Jean-Francios
 

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