Twenty-three students were injured after their school bus rolled over in Montgomery County.
According to the Texas Department of Public Transportation, troopers responded to FM 1791 north of FM 149 in Richards, Texas, Thursday afternoon for a crash involving a Huntsville ISD school bus.
The district said two Hunstville ISD school buses carrying the Huntsville High School freshman football team were en route to Montgomery, Texas when one of the buses was involved in a one-vehicle crash.
DPS says 23 students were on the bus at the time of the crash. Ten were transported by EMS and 13 were transported by bus.
All students were taken to Conroe Regional Hospital for evaluation and treatment for minor injuries.
UPDATE
— TxDPS - Southeast Texas Region (@TxDPSSoutheast) October 10, 2019
- Roadway is clear
- 23 students on the bus
- 10 transported by EMS
- 13 transported by bus
- All students were taken to Conroe Regional Hospital for evaluation/treatment for minor injuries. https://t.co/GQ6LTZDMvM
Huntsville ISD Police and Huntsville High School Administrators also responded to the crash and helped transport students.
DPS says the roadway is now clear.
A cause for the crash has not yet been released.
