BASTROP COUNTY, Texas – The superintendent of the school district which owned the bus which was involved in a deadly crash in Bastrop County Friday says a child who was one of two people killed in the crash was a pre-K student.
Eric Wright, Superintendent of Hays CISD, wrote in a message on the district’s website that 51 others were also injured in the crash.
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“I am heartbroken as I write this email. As you know, one of our school buses was involved in a fatal accident today. One of the people who was killed was a precious young boy who was a pre-K student at Tom Green Elementary School. There are no words that can express my sorrow for the student’s family, the Tom Green Elementary School family, and our greater Hays CISD community. I am also saddened to learn of the death of a person who was driving a car that was on the road behind our bus,” Wright wrote in the message.
The crash happened between the school bus and a concrete truck near Mustang Ridge in Bastrop County, Texas DPS told KXAN. Officials said it appeared the concrete truck veered into the lane of the school bus on SH 21.
“They tell us that the initial information they have is that a concrete truck veered into the bus’s lane and hit it head-on, causing the bus to roll over,” Wright said in the message.
Wright thanked local leaders and first responders for all the support and work they have done to assist the district and those impacted.
Wright also thanked the bus driver and the other adults on the bus.
“Though injured, she insisted that medical personnel tend to the children first. Additionally, the other adults on the bus also focused their attention on the children first, despite their own injuries,” he said.
Wright ended the message by calling on the community to think and pray for those impacted.
“I wish I could end this correspondence by saying that everything will be alright. For most of us, it eventually will. But, there are grieving families tonight who will never know life again as it was before. Let us continue to focus on them in our hearts and in our prayers,” he said.