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Two people are dead, including a child, after a school bus crashed and overturned in Texas.
The tragic incident happened around 2:50 p.m. Friday on West State Highway 21, near Caldwell Road in Bastrop County — about 50 minutes outside of Austin.
The Hays Consolidated Independent School District confirmed the bus was carrying 44 Tom Green Elementary School students and 11 adults on their way home from a field trip at the Bastrop Zoo.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said the cement truck plowed into the school bus just before a driver in a Dodge Charger crashed into the bus.
A student who was on the bus and the male adult driver inside the car died, officials said.
“Please pray for the families at Tom Green Elementary School,” Mayor Lee Urbanovsky said in a Facebook post.
A school bus crashed and overturned on West State Highway 21, near Caldwell Road in Bastrop County, Texas on Friday around 2:50 p.m. A child and an adult died
The Hays Consolidated Independent School District confirmed the bus was carrying 44 Tom Green Elementary School students and 11 adults on their way home from a field trip at the Bastrop Zoo
KVUE reported that 32 people were transported from the scene by Austin-Travis County EMS medics.
Parents of the students on board were notified and an alert was sent out saying “the district is in the process of conducting reunification.”
The school is located in Buda, Texas, about an hour away from the crash site.
Video showed several police officers and tow trucks at the scene trying to lift the overturned bus. The top of the bus was seen destroyed by the crash.
Transportation staff, counselors, safety and security staff and administrators also assisted first responders at the scene, the release said.
In a post on X, Austin-Travis County EMS said some of the passengers were transported to St. David’s South Austin Medical Center.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said the cement truck plowed into the school bus just before a driver in a Dodge Charger crashed into the bus. (pictured: another bus arriving at the scene)
Video showed several police officers and tow trucks at the scene trying to lift the overturned bus. The top of the bus was seen destroyed by the crash
Tom Green Elementary School is located in Buda, Texas, about an hour away from the crash site
“Additional patients have been transported by other agencies,” Austin-Travis County EMS said.
As a result, all lanes in both directions of West State Highway 21 near Caldwell Road have been closed.
Traffic has been diverted and motorists have been advised to avoid the area.
Hayes Free Press reported that the truck driver was taken to Ascension Seton Hayes Hospital in Kyle and their condition is unclear.
“I am shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the school bus accident in Bastrop County today,” said Sen. John Cornyn on X.
‘Please join me in praying for these children, educators and their families, especially those who have lost loved ones, at this difficult time.’