3 hospitalized after San Antonio school bus dives off of I-37 overpass | DENENA | POINTS

Texas school bus injury attorneys note a frightening crash in San Antonio today. 2 adult San Antonio I.S.D. employees and one 7-year-old child received transport to University Hospital for their injuries after a horrific school bus crash on Thursday afternoon just before 5 p.m. The San Antonio I.S.D. bus had been traveling north on I-37 near East Commerce on the western edge of the downtown area when it crashed through a concrete barrier and dived off the I-37 overpass.

The school bus landed on the doorstep of a Comfort Suites Hotel, just narrowly missing landing atop the hotel itself. The school bus split in half when it landed at the Comfort Suite Hotel on Live Oak Street. The body of the bus split from the undercarriage of the school bus. Investigators at the scene said that a collision had caused the San Antonio I.S.D. bus to veer through the concrete barrier and dive off the I-37 overpass. No further details about the accident were available. The three injured victims were in stable condition after the wreck. (Source: click2houston.com, 10.4.12)

The Texas school bus injury attorneys at Denena & Points are simply glad that no worse injuries were reported from the horrific accident. Our thoughts and prayers are with the three victims who were hospitalized with their injuries after the frightening school bus crash from the I-37 overpass.

Despite the frightening nature of this school bus crash in San Antonio, concerned parents and students should know that statistically, school bus transportation remains among the very safest forms of ground transportation available. Learn more about the accident rates of Texas school buses and why more school buses don’t provide seat belt restraints. Click on the linked article by our dedicated Texas school bus injury attorneys.

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