A school bus carrying 12 students in Stafford County, Virginia, flipped on its side after being hit by a car in a three-vehicle crash on Friday.
Two students and two adults were taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries, .
It happened around 3:30 p.m. in the 1300 block of Brooke Road when a聽blue Volkswagen sedan was traveling northbound on Brooke Road behind a school bus that had just left Grafton Village Elementary School, according to the sheriff鈥檚 office.
The Volkswagen crossed the double yellow lines and went into the oncoming lane, passing the school bus, a news release from the sheriff鈥檚 office said. It was then that it struck a southbound red Dodge SUV nearly head-on before clipping the front of the school bus, hitting an embankment and overturning, deputies said.
The crash sent the school bus into the embankment where it rolled onto the driver鈥檚 side, according to the sheriff鈥檚 office.
Two students were transported to the hospital to be assessed for their injuries. The drivers of the Volkswagen and Dodge were also transported to the hospital for their injuries, according to the sheriff鈥檚 office. None of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening, they said.
The accident is still under investigation. The sheriff鈥檚 office said that numerous witnesses were interviewed at the scene, but anyone with additional information is asked to contact the office at 540-658-4400.
