No serious injuries in western Illinois school bus accident
EAST MOLINE, Ill. (AP) - Officials say no students were seriously injured when a school bus rolled over in icy weather in western Illinois.
Illinois State Police say the accident happened about 8:40 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of Interstate 80 and Interstate 88 in East Moline. Police say a small school bus from Geneseo was traveling eastbound on Interstate 80 when it hit an icy spot and rolled.
Hospital spokesman Craig Cooper says 11 girls and one adult bus driver were taken to Genesis Medical Center in Silvis. He says there were no serious injuries, although one girl may have a broken leg. He says the girls were on their way to a science fair.
Emergency personnel remove one of the 12 passengers from a school bus that was involved in a rollover accident along Interstate 80, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, in East Moline, Ill. Police say the accident happened about 8:40 a.m. when the small school bus, traveling eastbound on Interstate 80 near the Interstate 88 interchange, hit an icy spot and rolled. Hospital spokesman Craig Cooper says 11 girls and one adult bus driver, none seriously injured, were taken to Genesis Medical Center in Silvis. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Todd Mizener) QUAD CITY TIMES OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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Emergency personnel remove one of the 12 passengers from a school bus that was involved in a rollover accident along Interstate 80, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, in East Moline, Ill. Police say the accident happened about 8:40 a.m. when the small school bus, traveling eastbound on Interstate 80 near the Interstate 88 interchange, hit an icy spot and rolled. Hospital spokesman Craig Cooper says 11 girls and one adult bus driver, none seriously injured, were taken to Genesis Medical Center in Silvis. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Todd Mizener) QUAD CITY TIMES OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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