Twelve students were reportedly injured Tuesday morning when a school bus and an ambulance collided in northwest Indiana.
The accident happened just before 8:45 a.m. on Ind. 130 at County Road 625 West when the driver of a Superior Ambulance Service ambulance carrying a patient crashed into a Valpraiso Community Schools bus, according to the Northwest Indiana Times.
Police reportedly said the 23-year-old driver of the ambulance, who failed to yield the right of way to the bus, was driving with a suspended license.
Officials said of the 12 students who were injured in the crash, one was taken to Porter Regional Hospital, five to Porter’s Portage Hospital Campus and six were treated and released at the scene. All of the injuries to the students were minor, the NWI Times reported.
Two Superior Ambulance employees and a patient in the ambulance were also taken to local hospitals, but their conditions weren’t immediately known.
The bus was carrying 59 fifth-graders from Memorial Elementary School and three adults who were on a field trip en route to the Challenger Learning Center at Purdue University Calumet in Hammond, officials said.
Witnesses told police the ambulance had no emergency lights or sirens operating at the time of the crash, the NWI Times reported. Police said the driver faces multiple citations.
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Superior Ambulance could not immediately be reached for comment.
