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>>> BREAKING NEWS, THE FIRST
CALLS TO 911 JUST RELEASED
AFTER A SCARY SCHOOL BUS
ACCIDENT THIS MORNING.
CLEANUP IS UNDERWAY AFTER THE
BUS RAN OFF THE ROAD AND
SLAMMED INTO A BUILDING NEAR
UPTOWN CHARLOTTE.
THIS AFTERNOON, WORKERS WERE
INSTALLING A FENCE AROUND THE
DAMAGED BUILDING THE BUS HIT IT
WITH SUCH FORCE, THE FRONT AND
WENT THROUGH A WALL.
>> TWO, WE GET NEW DETAILS
ABOUT IT?
WHAT HAPPENED, WE ARE ASKING
POLICE IF ANYONE WILL FACE
CHARGES.
THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW, 15
STUDENTS WERE ON BOARD THE BUS
AT THE TIME, ON THEIR WAY TO
RANSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, TWO
PEOPLE HURT, BOTH SUFFERED
MINOR INJURIES.
CMPD SET A CAR COLLIDED WITH
THE BUS CAUSING THE DRIVER TO
LOSE CONTROL AND VEER OFF THE
ROAD.
WE START TEAM COVERAGE AT 5
WITH ASHLEY DALEY.
>> YOU LISTENED TO THE 911
CALLS, LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE,
IT IS A MIRACLE NO ONE WAS
SERIOUSLY INJURED HERE.
>> Reporter: YES, EVERYONE WHO
HAS BEEN HERE SAID IT IS TRULY
A MIRACLE, NOT ONLY WERE NONE
OF THE 15 KIDS AND THE SCHOOL
BUS DRIVER ON BOARD THE BUS
ENTERED, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
APARTMENT COMPLEX, POLICE TELL
US PEOPLE WERE HOME, INSIDE HIS
APARTMENT, WHEN THE SCHOOL BUS
CAME CRASHING THROUGH.
AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW,
CREWS BOARDING UP THE SIDE OF
THAT APARTMENT, THIS ACTUALLY
WAS A BEDROOM, YOU CAN SEE THE
MATTRESS STILL THERE ON THE
FLOOR.
>> A SCHOOL BUS JUST WENT
THROUGH -- IT IS FULL OF KIDS!
>> THE BUS HIT THE CAR, AND
THEN THE BUS LOST CONTROL --
AND CRASHED INTO AN APARTMENT.
>> Reporter: JUST BEFORE 8:30
AM THIS MORNING, A SCHOOL BUS
WITH 15 KIDS ON BOARD HEADED TO
RANSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE CRASH
WAS IN WEST CHARLOTTE.
>> I SAW THE BUS HIT SOMETHING,
IT SWERVED AROUND AND LIKE
EVERYBODY WAS LIKE SLIDING
OVER, MOVING, MOVING AROUND AND
STUFF.
I JUST, WHEN IT HIT THE HOUSE,
THE APARTMENT, I FELT THE BUS
STARTED SHAKING, I THOUGHT THE
BUS WOULD TIP OVER.
>> Reporter: ALL OF THE STUDENTS
CHECKED OUT BY MEDICS ON SCENE,
AS PARENTS RUSHED TO BE WITH
THEIR CHILDREN.
>> RELIEVED IT AIN'T WORSE THAN
WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.
>> Reporter: FORTUNATELY,
EVERYBODY EXPECTED TO BE OKAY,
INCLUDING THE PEOPLE HOME AT
THE TIME OF THE ROCK.
CHARLOTTE FIRE AND UTILITY
COMPANIES, ALL ON HAND THIS
MORNING AS THE BUS WAS PULLED
FROM BENEATH THE APARTMENT.
FIRE CREWS FIRST WORKING TO
MAKE SURE THE STRUCTURE WAS
STABLE.
WHILE OTHERS THIS AFTERNOON,
BOARDED UP TO KEEP WOULD-BE
THIEVES OUT.
NEW INFORMATION FROM CMPD ALSO
GIVES US A LITTLE MORE
INDICATION AS TO HOW MAYBE THIS
SCHOOL BUS WRECK HAPPENED, IF
YOU TAKE A LOOK HERE, THIS IS
STATESVILLE AVENUE, CMPD SAID
THE BUS WAS HEADING OUTBOUND ON
STATESVILLE AVENUE WHEN IT
FIRST COLLIDED WITH THE CAR IN
THE LEFT HAND TURN LANE AND
THEN OF COURSE, AS WE NOW KNOW,
IT THEN COLLIDED INTO THE FIRST
FLOOR OF THIS APARTMENT
BUILDING, BUT WHAT WE DON'T
KNOW, STILL MANY ANSWERS IN
THIS CASE, EXACTLY WHO IS AT
FAULT AND WHETHER OR NOT
CHARGES WILL BE FILED.
GUYS, BACK TO YOU.
>> SO SCARY, GLAD EVERYONE IS
SAFE.
THANK YOU.
>>> NBC CHARLOTTE ROB HUGHES
WAS THERE MOMENTS AFTER THE
CRASH SPEAKING WITH STUDENTS
+@
WAS THERE MOMENTS AFTER THE CRASH SPEAKING WITH STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
>> HE PICKS UP TEAM COVERAGE
FROM THE SCENE.
>> Reporter: PARENTS AND KIDS
SHAKEN UP THIS MORNING AS A
RESULT OF THE BUS COLLISION
WITH THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX,
NOW THE FEELING IS ONE OF
RELIEF, ESPECIALLY AS WE LEARN
THE 15 CHILDREN IN SCHOOL BUS
+@DRIVER WERE NOT SERIOUSLY
INJURED AS A RESULT OF THIS
COLLISION.
WE LEARNED TWO CHILDREN WENT
TO THE HOSPITAL VIA MEDIC, THAT
IS BECAUSE OF THE PARENTS
REQUEST.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY HECTIC
SCENE, ESPECIALLY EMERGENCY
PERSONNEL WERE COUNTING
STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE NO ONE
WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
PARENTS ARRIVING ON SCENE TO
PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN FOR THE
MORNING, ONE PARENT FOUND OUT
ABOUT THE ACCIDENT THROUGH A
FACE TIME WITH HER SON, WE
SPOKE TO A NUMBER OF PARENTS
AND KIDS, TAKE A LISTEN TO
THEIR FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF
THIS SCARY SITUATION.
>> I WAS SCARED, LIKE OH MY
GOD, WHAT IN THE WORLD, WHAT
WAS THE BUS DRIVER DOING, THAT
WAS MY FIRST QUESTION, WHAT WAS
SHE DOING -- WITH LAND ON THE
BREAK, HEARD A BIG BOOM, WE
SLAMMED INTO THE SEAT, I PEEKED
MY HEAD UP TO SEE, WE WERE
GOING INTO A BUILDING.
>> THERE WAS DIRT FLYING ON THE
WINDOWS, I FELT ANOTHER BIG
JOLT AND KIDS STARTED STANDING
UP AND GOING TO THE DOOR
>> I WAS TOLD THE KIDS IN
SCHOOL BUS DRIVER WERE UNABLE
TO ESCAPE THE BUS THROUGH THE
FRONT, THEY HAD TO EXIT THROUGH
THE EMERGENCY HATCH, AGAIN NO
SERIOUSLY INJURIES TO REPORT,
ONE KID I SPOKE TO PUT IT, THAT
IS A MIRACLE.
>> IT REALLY IS A