SOUTHFIELD (WWJ) — Six people, including five students, are recovering after a crash involving a school bus in Southfield Wednesday morning.
Southfield police officials say the crash happened around 7:15 a.m. when a school bus carrying 29 charter school students collided with a Chevy Cruze in the area of 12 Mile and Greenfield Roads.
While Southfield police initially reported Wednesday morning only the driver of the Cruze had been taken to the hospital, Fire Chief Johnny Menifee told WWJ's Luke Sloan in an afternoon update five children had also been taken to the hospital.
Two children inside the Chevy were taken to the hospital, along with three students on the bus, which was en route to Crescent Academy, a charter school for pre-K to 8th grade. Authorities did not release the ages of anyone injured in the crash.
Everyone who was injured sustained what Menifee called non-life-threatening injuries. They were all listed in stable condition and expected to be fine, he said.
The other 26 students and the bus driver were uninjured. The other students were transferred to another bus and taken to the school.
"We're very thankful that there was no life-threatening injuries with this and that everyone was able to be reunited with their families and with school and that they could move on with the rest of their day and bring some type of closure to this very stressful situation," Menifee said.
Authorities have not said what happened in the moments leading up to the crash or who may have been at fault.
The road was shut down until about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday as police investigated the crash.
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