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Bacchus Marsh school bus crash: girl and driver seriously injured ... (The Guardian)

Thirty-two people in hospital after bus carrying students from Loreto College in Ballarat hit a truck and rolled down an embankment.

At least 20 people were reported to be in a stable condition. Two people, including a teenage girl, were flown to Melbourne, with Victoria Police saying she had suffered serious injuries. A teenage girl and a driver were seriously injured when a school bus collided with a truck and rolled down an embankment west of Melbourne early on Wednesday morning.

Serious injuries, dozens in hospital after school bus and truck crash ... (ABC News)

The bus rolled down an embankment after the early morning collision, leaving at least three people, including a student and the truck driver, with serious ...

"It's believed the bus slowed down and the truck came around the corner … He said the driver has been taken to a hospital in Melbourne and is yet to speak to police. The truck involved in the crash with the bus sustained significant damage. A further 31 people — including 26 female students, four adults, and the bus driver — have been taken to hospital for observation. - More than 30 people are in hospital and at least three people are seriously injured, including a schoolgirl and the truck driver - A crash investigator says it appears the bus slowed down at the scene and was forced "down the cliff" when the truck rounded the corner

School bus crash: Dozens of Loreto College Ballarat students ... (7NEWS.com.au)

More details have emerged after the collision northwest of Melbourne that sent a bus rolling down an embankment.

It’s believed the school bus slowed down when it saw the speed reduction signs on the freeway. He said the students and teachers were able to get out of the bus themselves. As the truck rounded a corner and headed down towards a hill, it collided with the back of the bus, sending it hurtling down the embankment. The rest of the students and adults were all taken to various hospitals in Melbourne in a stable condition. It’s understood the bus was travelling to Melbourne airport, with the students and teachers flying to America to attend a NASA space camp. Two girls were airlifted to the Royal Children’s Hospital with serious injuries, while the male truck driver was driven to the Royal Melbourne hospital with serious injuries.

More than two dozen students rushed to hospital after horror bus ... (Sky News Australia)

More than two dozen female students have been rushed to hospital after a school bus flipped onto its side and rolled down an embankment after colliding with ...

Witnesses or drivers with dash cam footage are urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. 25+ news channels in 1 place. The truck driver and one female student suffered serious injuries while another 31 people were rushed to hospital following a terrifying truck and school bus crash north-west of Melbourne early on Wednesday morning.

'Traumatic': Schoolgirls injured in crash (NEWS.com.au)

A group of school girls on their way to America for a long-awaited trip have been left with “traumatic injuries” following a horror bus and truck crash.

“My thoughts go out to all the students, teachers and drivers affected, and the whole Ballarat community. Thank you to the first responders on the scene,” she said. Forcing the bus of the left-hand side of the freeway down the cliff.” It’s seen the speed reduction and the banked traffic and collided with the bus. “Ballarat is a close community, and we understand there is concern for those involved in this accident. And most of them are quite well I believe.” There were no casualties in the earlier crash. “Emergency responders attended the site and coordinated the care and support for students and staff who were triaged at the scene and transported to hospital and remain in excellent care,” the school said in a statement. “Her husband got out of the car and ran down to the bus to let her know that her daughter was fine, which was good news. Grampians Health said the 15 students at Ballarat Base Hospital were in a stable condition and have all been reunited with their families. The group were supposed to be flying to the US for a NASA space camp at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Twenty-seven female students from Loreto College in Ballarat were on their way to the airport for a doomed school trip on Wednesday morning.

School bus crash: Teen seriously injured, dozens treated by ... (The Age)

A group of students were heading to Melbourne Airport for a space camp in the United States when their bus and truck crashed on the Western Highway at ...

Our caring Loreto community has deep concern for the injured and their families, and we ask for their privacy to be respected.” Paramedics treated more than 30 people at the scene, including 27 female students, four adults and the bus driver all taken to hospital. A family member of one of the students said the girls were on their way to the airport to fly to the United States for a “space camp”. Grampians Health confirmed in a statement it was in a “code brown” due to the crash. Schranz said it was “quite miraculous” that everyone was able to make it out of the wreckage. “Emergency responders attended the site and co-ordinated the care and support for students and staff who were triaged at the scene and transported to hospital and remain in excellent care,” the school said.