SCHOOL BUS CRASH REPORTS 2007

PSD Bus Rolls, One Student Still Hospitalized
February 26, 2007

Bus Was Returning From Denver Choir Performance

A Poudre School District bus carrying Poudre High School choir members from a performance and reception in Denver rolled early this morning, sending six students and one teacher to the hospital.

Five students and the teacher have been released from the hospital, but one female student remains at Medical Center of the Rockies stable condition after undergoing surgery this morning. PSD is not releasing her name.

The bus, which was carrying 26 students, was northbound on Interstate 25 north of the Windsor exit shortly after 12:30 a.m. when it veered into the center median, back onto the road, again into the median and rolled onto its left side as it came back onto the road, Colorado State Patrol Trooper Gilbert Mares said.

The six students and one teacher were taken to Medical Center of the Rockies, and the five students and teacher were released by 4:30 a.m. The driver was also taken to MCR for tests and observation and was released.

The remaining students were taken to Poudre High School, where they were released to their parents.

The students were members of the Poudre High School Choir that performed Sunday in Denver at Boettcher Concert Hall and then attended a reception following their performance. Fifty-two students are in the choir and were riding in two buses.

The second bus was not involved in the accident.

No citations have been issued in the crash, CSP's Mares said.

"That's pending," he said.

PSD spokeswoman Ellen Laubhan said she was not sure what caused the accident.

"It will be awhile before we have a traffic report," Laubhan said.

By Coloradoan staff and news services

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