Elk Grove school bus crash, students safe

Elk Grove Unified School District said one of its school buses was involved in a crash on Friday morning in the Elk Grove area, and no students were injured. California Highway Patrol said the collision happened just after 7:15 a.m. near Jackson Road and Sunrise Boulevard in Sacramento County. Local television reports said the bus was carrying between 40 and 46 students on the way to school. Emergency crews checked students at the scene, and authorities said the driver of the other vehicle was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. ### Where did the crash happen, and when? California Highway Patrol said the crash happened shortly after 7:15 a.m. on Friday, May 15, near Jackson Road and Sunrise Boulevard in Sacramento County. ABC10 reported the bus belonged to Elk Grove Unified School District and was involved in a collision with a Jeep. KCRA reported the Jeep rear-ended the school bus at that intersection. The station said the crash occurred on Sunrise Boulevard and Jackson Road in the Elk Grove area. ### How many students were on the bus? ABC10 reported that 40 students were on board the Elk Grove Unified bus at the time of the crash. The station said the bus driver and passengers were unharmed. (abc10.com) KCRA reported a slightly different count, saying the bus was carrying 46 students on their way to school. The station also reported that none of the students were hurt. (kcra.com) The difference in the student count was not explained in the reports reviewed. ### Who was injured? Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District told ABC10 that the driver of the Jeep was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. (abc10.com) ABC10 said the school bus driver and student passengers were unharmed. KCRA also reported that the Jeep driver was hospitalized with minor injuries. No injuries to students were reported by either outlet. (kcra.com) ### What did the school district say about the response? Elk Grove Unified’s transportation pages say the district transports more than 10,000 students each day and runs buses across a 320-square-mile district in southern Sacramento County. (abc10.com) The district says its transportation department provides home-to-school service for traditional, year-round and special education students. The district’s public-facing materials did not include a detailed incident statement in the sources reviewed, but news reports said students were checked at the scene after the crash. (kcra.com) Patch’s Elk Grove news page separately highlighted community attention to the incident in a daily briefing item about how students were left unharmed. ### What is known about the cause? California Highway Patrol is investigating the crash, according to ABC10 and KCRA. (egusd.net) Neither report, based on information available as of Tuesday, May 19, said authorities had announced a cause. The available reports did not say whether any citation had been issued. Public updates are likely to come through CHP or follow-up reporting by Sacramento-area outlets that first reported the crash. (patch.com) ### What happens next for families and officials? Tuesday, May 19, is the latest date reflected in the reporting reviewed, and no student injuries had been reported by then. (abc10.com) Elk Grove Unified’s calendars and family-resources pages remain the district’s main public channels for updates affecting students and parents, while CHP is the agency identified in local reports as handling the crash investigation. (egusd.net)