55 Injured in School Bus Accident at SE 2nd Avenue and Taylor Street in Amarillo
Amarillo, Texas (May 7, 2019) – Fifty-five people were hospitalized Monday morning after a traffic crash involving a pair of Sanford-Fritch Independent School District buses in downtown Amarillo, police said.
The wreck happened at about 9:08 a.m. Monday, May 6 at the intersection of SE 2nd Avenue and Taylor Street.
According to a local news source, the officers were stopped at the intersection waiting on the light. The officers observed a Sanford-Fritch school bus stopped at the red light at SE 2nd facing southbound on Taylor.
A second bus heading southbound in the 100 block was unable to stop in time and rear-ended the other bus.
According to the authorities, there were eighty-one passengers on the two buses when the accident occurred. Fifty-five of the occupants sustained non-life threatening injuries and were transported to area hospitals.
Both busses were towed away from the crash site.
The crash remains under investigation.