Four young children were on board a mini school bus that overturned after hitting a highway guardrail. Fortunately, none of the children were hurt, and two adults suffered only minor injuries NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.
A school minibus with four special needs children on board overturned Tuesday morning on a Long Island Expressway offramp, Suffolk County Police said.
The incident occurred around 10:35 a.m., according to police, when the mini bus struck a guardrail and landed on its side on Express Drive South, west of Wicks Road.
Four children — all between the ages of 3 to 5 — from Building Blocks Preschool in Commack were on board and were taken taken to local hospitals as a precaution, police said, but none sustained any injuries. A driver and an aide were also taken to area hospitals for minor injuries.
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WATCH HEREThe Suffolk County Department of Health Services, which oversees services for children with special needs, confirmed the bus was taking the children between Harborfields and Northport school districts to the preschool.
Chopper 4 was over the scene in Commack where the mini yellow bus was seen being loaded onto a truck bed. The bus is operated by a company called We Transport, which said it is cooperating with the investigation.
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SIGN UP It was unclear what led to the driver losing control of the vehicle. Officials from the school nor parents outside offered any comment on the crash.
No charges have been filed in the crash.
