SMITHVILLE, N.Y. (WWNY) – One person is dead and six others are injured after a fiery crash involving a Belleville Henderson school bus and an SUV near Smithville.
This happened on departmental road 75 around 3 p.m. Thursday. The bus and the SUV collided, causing the van to catch fire.
State police confirmed the driver of the SUV was killed. According to them, the driver was traveling at high speed at the time of the impact.
Officers said the school bus driver was seriously injured and taken to Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown.
Police initially said four children were slightly injured, but later said five were injured.
Troopers said four of the children were taken to Samaritan Medical Center; the fifth was taken by a relative to Carthage Regional Hospital.
Police say there were at least 16 students on the bus.
Departmental road 75 was closed. Police said the road would be closed for several hours to allow crash reconstruction teams to investigate.
The students who were on the bus were taken to the Smithville Fire Department so their parents could pick them up.
This is a developing story. We will update this article when we have more details.
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