LAWRENCEVILLE — A school bus full of children overturned after a crash with a minivan in Clark County Tuesday morning, killing one child and injuring 23 others, one seriously, authorities said.
There were 52 children from Northwestern Local Schools and a driver on the bus at the time of the crash at approximately 8:16 a.m. on state Route 41 in Lawrenceville, Trooper Tyler Ross of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.
The bus was traveling westbound when it was struck by an eastbound Honda Odyssey minivan that went left of center. The school bus veered onto the shoulder but was unable to avoid contact with the minivan and went off the right side of the roadway and overturned, Ross said.
One student ejected from the bus was pronounced dead at the scene, he said.
Thirteen children were taken to hospitals by emergency medical personnel and 10 others were brought to hospitals by family members or other personal means.
Of the 23 total injuries among those on the bus, 22 were described as non-life-threatening and one child was seriously injured and was taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
The 68-year-old bus driver suffered minor injuries.
The 35-year-old Springfield man driving the minivan and his 37-year-old passenger were taken to Springfield Regional Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
The school district, where classes were to begin today, said a parent reunification center was set up at the nearby German Township Firehouse.