ZIP CITY-The Florence Police Department issued a statement concerning a school bus wreck that occurred in Zip City on Monday, October 29:
A one vehicle school bus crash at 3:35 p.m., yesterday, October 29th, 2018 resulted in minor injuries to seven children.
The children were injured when the 2014 Thomas school bus they were riding in ran off the road and struck a ditch and tree.
Six of the children were taken to Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital for minor injuries and released. The seventh child has been flown to UAB Children’s Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.
The crash occurred on County Road 8, eight miles north of Florence in the Zip City Community of Lauderdale County, Alabama.
Nothing further is available as Alabama State Troopers continue to investigate.
Corporal Jeremy Baker/Quad Cities/ Highway Patrol
