A five-year-old girl is dead after a school bus left the road and smashed into a tree while carrying children to school in Georgia.
The Georgia State Patrol said a video shows a school bus driver struggling with the gear shift in the deadly crash Tuesday morning in Liberty County, about 50 miles southwest of Savannah.
The crash killed five-year-old Cambria Shuman. The GSP said it is too soon to know whether the 62-year-old bus driver will be charged
The bus driver and 22 children who were passengers suffered injuries. The children were taken to Liberty Regional and Winn-Army Hospitals.
Five-year-old Cambria Shuman has died after her school bus crashed into a tree Tuesday morning
A video shows a school bus driver struggling with the gear shift seconds before the deadly crash
The GSP said it is too soon to know whether the 62-year-old bus driver will be charged
The bus driver and 22 children who were passengers also suffered injuries
Liberty County Public Safety Director Mike Hodges said the driver had the most serious injuries. He said his understanding was that the injured children had ‘bumps and scrapes and lacerations.’
The bus driver was 62-year-old Evelyn Rodriguez. Authorities say she was trapped in the crash and then later freed. She was taken to Memorial Health in Savannah.
The State Patrol said the bus driver lost control, drove into a ditch and slammed into a tree. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
The State Patrol said the bus driver lost control, drove into a ditch and slammed into a tree. No other vehicles were involved in the crash
The bus driver was 62-year-old Evelyn Rodriguez. Authorities say she was trapped in the crash and then later freed
The girl who died was sitting in the front of the bus on the right side, the area that felt the worst impact, according to officials
The bus traveled about 100 yards in the ditch before colliding with a tree. The roof of the bus then collapsed on the students
The bus traveled about 100 yards in the ditch before colliding with a tree. The roof of the bus then collapsed on the students.
Cambria was sitting in the front of the bus on the right side, the area that felt the worst impact, according to officials.
Congressman Buddy Carter for Georgia’s 1st congressional district tweeted his support on Tuesday saying: ‘As a father and grandfather, my heart mourns with the parents and family that lost their child today. I hope for a quick and healthy recovery for those injured in the accident.’
‘Our thoughts and prayers are with the student’s family in their time of grief,’ Chief Academic Officer Patti Crane said in a statement to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The bus was taking the children to Taylor Creek Elementary School.
The bus was taking the children to Taylor Creek Elementary School (pictured) in Hinesville, Georgia