Boone County School Bus Crash Captured on Security Video
While the accident is still under investigation, what do you see in this video footage? Did driver of car fail to yield or was the school bus going too fast.
What you won't see in this video is when the bus eventually rolled over, just the moments prior to impact with the car and the crash that caused the rollover. There were 32 middle school students on that bus, while several were taken to the hospital for treatment, none of their injuries were serious or life threatening, according to mystateline.com
The accident happened along Orth and Beloit roads in Boone County. The school bus was traveling northbound on Orth Road. when it struck or was struck by a car going westbound on Beloit Road.
Video was originally shared on the Rockford Register Star's Facebook page.
The driver of the car was not hurt.
Sheriff David Ernest from The Boone County Sheriffs Department said they are still investigating the cause of the accident but it doesn't appear the driver was at fault.