11 children hurt when school bus overturns
The Lawton Constitution
September 30 2006
PALMDALE- A 90-year old motorist went through a red light and rammed a school bus hard enough to knock it over, injuring 11 children, authorities said.
One child was in critical condition, and the car’s owner was also taken to a hospital, official said.
The bus was struck while carrying the learning-disabled students to the Palmdale Learning Plaza in the Antelope Valley northeast of Los Angeles, authorities said.
California Highway Patrol Officer Henry Roth said the elderly woman driving a Lincoln Continental failed to stop at a red light and struck the bus broadside.
The injured children ranged from age 8 to 14. They included a 13-year-old who was pinned in the wreckage and the flown to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Jason Hurd said.