School bus driver, student hospitalized after Schaumburg crash

A school bus driver and one elementary school student were transported to the hospital with minor injuries after another vehicle struck their bus at the intersection of Old Schaumburg and Meacham roads Tuesday morning.

The bus serving Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 students was on Old Schaumburg Road waiting to turn left onto Meacham when the other vehicle turned right onto Old Schaumburg Road and slid into the bus due to the apparently icy conditions at 8:18 a.m., Schaumburg Police Sgt. Christy Lindhurst said.

Police were already on the scene when another vehicle made the same right turn and also slammed into the bus about five minutes later, causing more damage to the bus than had occurred in the first collision, Lindhurst said.

Only three students had been on the bus at the time of the collision.

The age and gender of the bus driver and students was not immediately available. The drivers of the other two vehicles were not injured and had no passengers with them.