Seventeen students injured when school bus rolls on U.S. Highway 26 in Lincoln County, Idaho

Modified Date: 
Thu, 06/22/2017 - 3:34pm
Accident Date: 
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Police: Idaho school bus rolls over, 17 taken to hospitals

At least 17 students were taken to hospitals, some with serious injuries, after a bus carrying more than three dozen students to a track meet rolled over Tuesday on a rural highway in Idaho.

"None of the injuries appear to be life-threatening," Lincoln County Sheriff Rene Rodriguez said.

The cause of the crash about 125 miles (201.16 kilometers) southeast of Boise was unknown. It occurred in an area where the speed limit is 65 mph and involved a bus carrying students from Carey School.

A parent of one of the students on the bus said her daughter remembered a hectic scene, with coaches yelling to get the driver's attention before the vehicle flipped over.

Driver of Idaho school bus charged following injury crash

The 67-year-old driver of a school bus involved in a rollover crash that injured more than a dozen junior high students in April has been charged with misdemeanor reckless driving.

Type: Bus Accident
People Involved: 
Richard Mecham
Roadway: 
U.S. Highway 26

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