Another Tragedy

[80s_Fan]

Child killed, 15 injured, in bus-garbage truck collision
Monday, April 18, 2005 Posted: 12:17 PM EDT (1617 GMT)
Police said the two vehicles collided at a busy intersection.


ARLINGTON, Virginia (AP) -- One child was killed and more than a dozen elementary school children injured Monday when their school bus collided head-on with a garbage truck at a busy intersection, authorities said.

The drivers of the bus and truck were hospitalized in critical condition, as was one of the children, said Chief Carol Sauliner of the Arlington County Fire Department.

The other 13 children, ranging from kindergartners to fifth graders, received minor injuries and were taken to area hospitals.

Arlington County Police spokesman Matt Martin said the school bus apparently was trying to make a left turn when it was hit by the truck at 8:40 a.m. at the intersection of two major thoroughfares in this Washington, D.C. suburb.

Passengers on a Metrobus that came upon the scene helped pull children out of the bus.

"A lot of them were bleeding," said Metrobus passenger Willena Roney, 43, from Arlington, Virginia. "They were scared and upset."

The children were students at nearby Hoffman-Boston Elementary School. Arlington County schools spokeswoman Linda Erdos said counselors were dispatched to the school and the hospitals to work with students and families.

Parents, some in tears, rushed to the school after hearing reports of the accident and were met by police, school personnel and "much confusion," said Missy Jones, who went there to check on her second-grader, who was not involved in the accident.

[*MIBabe03*]

That is awful .

[Lee]

Very sad and very tragic.

[*Pleasant Tomorrow*]