At least nineteen students were rushed to hospitals after a crash in DeKalb County early Wednesday morning, the school district said.
The crash occurred in Ellenwood at around 8:20 a.m. when a school bus was struck by a car with 25 students onboard.
The bus landed in a ditch after hitting a pole as it tried to avoid another vehicle.
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Officials initially said four students suffered minor injuries while the others were taken to hospitals by their parents and ambulances.
“All you could hear was kids screaming, frantic,” a mother of a 6th-grader who suffered a black eye and had her face swollen after the crash.
“These days, just getting to school every day is now a challenge.”
