BOGALUSA, La. — Everyone is safe and out of the hospital after a Monday afternoon crash involving a school bus, a logging truck and a couple of vehicles left the bus and a car badly damaged. 19 people had minor injuries and the accident shut down traffic on Highway 10.
A total of 21 victims went to Our Lady of the Angels Hospital in Bogalusa for evaluation or treatment of minor injuries.
Police say that the log truck overturned and sent some of the logs onto the bus. Images show a torn up front of the school bus and a smashed front window near the driver’s seat. A car is shown with a log through the front windshield and the air bags deployed.
About 17 people – 16 students and the driver – were on the bus at the time.
The driver of the logging truck was found to be at fault for the accident, and has been ticketed for careless operation.
