A child and young adult have life-threatening injuries and students who were on a school bus were hurt after a violent crash Friday in Montgomery County, officials said.
A BMW sedan crashed into a school bus near East Village Avenue and Plum Creek Drive in the Montgomery Village area. The 911 center received several 911 calls a little after 7:42 a.m. reporting the crash.
The front end of a BMW sedan was partially lodged under the passenger side of the bus, photos show, trapping the young adult and child.
An 18-year-old senior, set to graduate from Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in a few days, and his younger brother were taken to trauma hospitals with life-threatening injuries, officials said.
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In a statement to families, Good Counsel school leadership said, “Earlier this morning, we learned that a member of our senior class and his younger brother were in a serious automobile accident and are in critical condition.”
The email goes on to say, “As is our calling, we respond as a community to such news in prayer for their healing and comfort for their family.”
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The school held a prayer service and asked families for their prayers.
Six students were on the bus which was headed to Forest Oak Middle School in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County Public Schools said. Officials didn't say how many students were hurt, but none were transported by emergency responders.
Montgomery County police have asked all occupants of the bus to contact detectives.
The collision reconstruction unit spent hours at the scene trying to learn exactly what happened. Detectives will look at any video footage that may have captured images of the BMW before the crash.
According to the initial investigation, the bus driver was taking a left from East Village Avenue onto Plum Creek Drive when the bus was struck by the BMW, police said.
Several children who were waiting for the bus witnessed the crash, a neighbor said.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue initially said no children were on the bus.
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