AT least 12 people have been injured after a school bus carrying more than 40 children crashed.
Dramatic pictures show the bright yellow vehicle lying on its side after it careered off the side of the road.
Pictures show the mangled wreckage of the bus[/caption]
The bus crashed on what was the first day of school in Austin on Wednesday, officials said.
It was traveling along a rural stretch of road when it suddenly veered and rolled over.
The reason why the bus veered remains unknown at this time.
Investigators revealed there were 42 children and one adult on board at the time of the crash.
One person was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to Travis County officials.
It’s not known if the person with life-threatening injuries was the driver or a student.
Two others suffered potentially life-threatening injuries.
Kids were being transported from the Leander Independent School District, located in the northwest of the city.
The crash happened shortly after kids from one school were allowed to go home for the day.
No students had been dropped off at their homes.
Pictures captured the damage to the bus.
Its roof suffered extensive damage and several of its windows were broken.
The accident in Austin wasn’t the only school bus crash to happen on Wednesday.
A bus carrying 58 children in Cleveland, Texas, also went off the road.
Sixteen people were left with minor injuries but some children were put into ambulances as a precaution.
It was the second time within a week that a bus belonging to the Cleveland Independent School District had been in a crash.
The accident has left some parents wondering if it’s safe for their children to take the bus to school.
Marisol Castillo said she had just enrolled her children to take the school bus.
“It was concerning because I put them as bus riders, and now I’m thinking about it,” she told the CBS affiliate KHOU-TV.
The bus was crumpled by the impact of the smash[/caption]
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