BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas – A Columbia-Brazoria ISD bus driver and student were hospitalized after a crash Thursday morning.
SEE ALSO: Fort Bend ISD school bus with students onboard involved in crash in SW Houston
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Details are limited, as it’s an active scene but district officials say a secondary route school bus crashed into a dump truck over at a construction zone on CR 353 and Highway 36 around 6:45 a.m.
Update... This morning, a CBISD secondary route school bus collided with a dump truck at CR 353 and Highway 36. ...
Posted by Columbia Brazoria ISD on Thursday, October 3, 2024
Initially, it was reported that 21 students were on the school bus, but district officials later confirmed with our Brittany Jeffers there were 34 students on the bus. Two people (a student and bus driver) were evaluated for injuries and airlifted to a hospital.
All other students are being evaluated for injuries, and were released to their parents or on their way to school, the district added. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) says Highway 36 has all lanes blocked from FM 522 to CR 354 as a result.
No additional information has been shared, as of this writing.
This crash comes nearly a week after a driver hit a Fort Bend ISD school bus on Fondren and Chasewind in southwest Houston. Fortunately, no injuries were reported during that crash.