Over two dozen people sustained injuries Wednesday when a wagon carrying school children and adults overturned during a field trip at a Wisconsin apple orchard.
The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office said the incident took place at around 10:20 a.m. Bushel and a Peck Orchard, nearly 200 miles west of Green Bay.
The wagon lost control going downhill as the driver tried in vain to stop it before it “abruptly overturned causing multiple injuries to both children and adults.”
“Our teachers, aides, and chaperones, jumped immediately to support the children and adults that were injured,” St. Mark Lutheran School Principal Peter Micheel said.
25 victims were taken to area hospitals including three listed in critical condition.
“Response teams were mobilized according to our plans and training, provided the necessary care, and have since resumed regular operations,” Mayo Clinic Health System spokesperson Dan Lea said.
“We continue to pray for all of the families that were affected and ask God, according to his will, to bring them healing,” Micheel added.
