13 kids taken to hospital after school bus rear-ended in Chester Township

The incident happened after the first day of the school year
Philadelphia school bus
Photo credit Holli Stephens/KYW Newsradio, file

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Thirteen kids were taken to the hospital after the school bus they were on was rear-ended.

It happened in Chester Township, Delaware County, around 3:45 p.m. Monday — the first day of the school year.

A representative for the Chester Upland School District said none of the Toby Farms Intermediate School students were seriously hurt.

By 6 p.m., they were all released from the hospital and reunited with their families.

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