Harris County – Sixteen people, including 13 children were hurt after a church bus flipped in East Harris County Sunday afternoon.
The accident happened at an apartment complex on Uvalde Road near Wallisville Road.
One family who lives at the complex saw the aftermath and jumped in to help.
“You know basically trying to keep them calm, but it was like crazy. I’ve never seen anything like that. I’m just happy that they were okay, and they got help and everything was in God’s hands they were okay,” Jennifer Guerra said.
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez says the driver was speeding around a curve which caused the bus to crash. Fourteen people were taken to different hospitals.
Jennifer Guerra says she was eating breakfast with her family when everything unfolded.
“We just heard a big boom and we got to the balcony, and I called 911. I heard screaming, kids yelling help, help,” she said.
Guerra and her family ran down and started helping. Her kids knew some of the teens on the bus.
“I had ended up helping a girl. I grabbed her jacket. She had her head open right here and I was trying to apply pressure,” Alicia Guerra said.
“We sat them down and gave them water and basically tried to calm them down. Let them know that everything was going to be okay,” Jennifer said.
The children were between the ages of 1 and 16.
“When our units arrived, they had to mobilize very quickly because children were kind of partially out the bus and on different places and so it was very chaotic initially. They were able to stabilize the situation,” Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.
People who live at the complex say the curve where the bus flipped is a problem and drivers are always speeding.
“My husband and I were talking about it saying they need to put speed bumps there because you never know there’s kids there’s school buses that come by and people just drive to fast,” Guerra said.
The driver was not injured and did not show any signs of being intoxicated or under the influence.
KPRC2 reached out to Mount Zion Baptist Church for a comment.
The crash remains under investigation.
This is a developing story, please check back for updates.
@HCSOTexas units responded to a crash at an apt complex located at 90 Uvalde. Preliminary: a small church bus, with about 25 persons on-board, including children, flipped over. Most are being transported to area hospitals; one person said to be critical. #HouNews pic.twitter.com/EiaWvRb4HK
— Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) December 11, 2022