As school buses were departing campus on Thursday, Oct. 19, there was a vehicle collision at the intersection of Highway 54 and Walt Banks Road which involved a car and a Fayette County school bus with students onboard.

“We just turning around the corner; we had just left the school,” freshman Max Taylor said.

The car had visible damage but the bus appeared relatively unmarked. Trail staff writer Nyla Kërr was on the bus at the time of collision.

“I initially thought [the bus driver] ran over a curb,” Kërr said.  

The back of the car was dented and the back windshield was shattered, however a full assessment of damages is currently unknown.

“We just saw the whole back of the car had a huge dent in it and the shield was totally gone,” Kërr said.

Other student’s were only able to hear what happened, not see it from their seats.

“[It] was really sudden, just heard a crash [and] glass broke,” Taylor said.

The student’s were unaware at first about what had happened.

“I don’t really know what happened,” Taylor said.

The bus driver reportedly checked on students on the bus and a student was concerned about a head injury. An ambulance was on scene shortly after the incident occurred to provide medical care for any individual’s who required medical assistance. 

“[The girl] was like, ‘Oh, my head. I might need an ambulance.'” Kërr said.

According to Kërr, officers on scene told students if their parents were able to pick them up, they could walk over to Holy Trinity Catholic Church next to McIntosh to wait. The officers also wrote down everyone’s names who were on board the bus in.

“After everything was said and done, people who needed medical assistance were taken to the ambulance,” Kërr said.

Editors note: The Trail staff attempted to contact administration and the SRO but they were unavailable for comment at publication time. The Trail will follow up as needed.