More than a dozen students and a driver have “various degrees of injuries” after their bus crashed in Kentucky early Monday, a school official said.
No casualties have been reported, Magoffin County School District Superintendent Chris Meadows said in a statement.
Meadows said officials estimate 18 students and the driver were on board. Their ages range from elementary school to high school, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.
A county spokesman said earlier that the driver and 21 students were hospitalized, some with serious injuries. The error occurred because the preliminary list of the injured included duplicate names, Meadows said.
The injured were taken by helicopter or ambulance to hospitals, Meadows said.
The bus was the only vehicle in the crash, Kentucky State Police spokesman Paul Blanton said. The driver appeared unable to answer questions, he said.
“There has been a serious bus accident in Magoffin County with children,” Gov. Andy Beshear tweeted, adding it was “tough news.”
“Please join me in prayer for everyone involved,” Beshear said.
