Bus crash Bacchus Marsh

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.

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.

The school bus, carrying 27 students from Loreto College in Ballarat, was travelling to Melbourne Airport when it collided with a truck on the Western Highway ...

A woman in her 40s and a man in his 50s have also been taken to hospital in serious but stable conditions. A teenage girl and a man have been airlifted to hospital. More than two dozen school children are in hospital after a horror crash on their way to a space camp in the United States.

One teenage girl has been flown to hospital with serious injuries after the school bus she was in rolled down an embankment. The male truck driver has also been ...

"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. A further 31 people — including 26 female students, four adults, and the bus driver — have been taken to hospital for observation. - 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 - More than 30 people are in hospital and at least three people are seriously injured, including a schoolgirl and the truck driver - A tow truck driver who was among the first at the scene says the girls were "brilliant" and that their parents should be "very proud"

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.

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.

Two school girls and two adults were seriously injured after a truck struck a bus from behind, forcing it down an embankment west of Melbourne.

I could not believe how they were treated". The scene of a collision between a school bus and a truck in Bacchus Marsh, Greater Melbourne, Wednesday, 21 September, 2022. The remaining three were admitted to the hospital and in a stable condition, a Grampians Health spokeswoman said. A woman in her 40s and a man in his 50s were taken to the Royal Melbourne in a serious but stable condition. So they're all very fortunate people." Victoria Police Detective Inspector Roger Schranz speaks to media at the scene of a collision between a school bus and a truck in Bacchus Marsh, Greater Melbourne, 21 September, 2022.

A major investigation is underway after a horror bus and truck crash north-west of Melbourne3 people, inclu...

The statement goes on to say: "The 60-year-old driver is a sub-contractor who has been safely driving road trains for more than 30 years. The students, in years 9 to 11, were on their way to Melbourne Airport where they were set to travel to a space camp in the US. In a statement released around lunchtime on Wednesday, Loreto College Ballarat said it was grateful for the work of emergency crews who responded to the crash. Five others involved in the crash were taken to Melbourne hospitals in stable conditions, while 16 others were taken to Ballarat Base Hospital. The bus driver, a man in his 50s, was taken to the Alfred Hospital with minor injuries. The male truck driver, aged in his 50s, was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a serious but stable condition.

Several health care workers from Grampians Health spent all night working before staying back to help the staff and students injured in a bush crash at ...

“We know they are in the best possible care and we’re pleased to report they are recovering and we are wishing them all the best and keeping them in our thoughts and prayers,” she said on Wednesday afternoon. 25+ news channels in 1 place. "There are seatbelts fitted (on the bus but) we don’t know who had a seatbelt on (and) who didn’t," he told reporters on Wednesday morning. “We had a lot of night shift staff who otherwise be coming off shift and they stayed on and worked extra hours, went above and beyond the call of duty to provide care,” he said. The health care workers who helped the students and staff involved in a horror bus crash in Victoria have been praised after it was revealed several had just finished a night shift when they were asked to stay back and help the victims. Several health care workers from Grampians Health spent all night working before staying back to help the staff and students injured in a bush crash at Bacchus Marsh.

Police say it was 'incredible' no one was killed after the bus carrying Loreto college students was hit by a truck on the Western Highway.

“The college is very appreciative of the quick and professional response of the emergency services personnel at the scene, and very grateful to Grampians Health for their ongoing support,” the statement said. Loreto college Ballarat said in a statement it was grateful for the work of emergency crews who responded to the crash. Another three were admitted to the hospital and in a stable condition. A woman in her 40s and a man in his 50s were taken to the Royal Melbourne in serious but stable condition. “It looks as if there were some who weren’t, but it was a seatbelted coach and the majority were wearing them,” executive director of the BAV, Chris Lowe, said. It was carrying four adults and 27 students in years nine to 11 from Ballarat’s Loreto college, who were heading to Tullamarine airport for a trip to the US.