Students, drivers safe after school bus collides with tractor-trailer
By KIMBERLY DELACRUZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
A Nevada Highway Patrol officer and Las Vegas Fire and Rescue officials respond to a crash involving a school bus which was carrying around 50 children and another vehicle at the 215 Beltway and Lamb Boulevard intersection in North Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Several students and the driver were transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A school bus carrying 50 students was involved in a crash on the 215 Beltway near Lamb Boulevard Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, closing the westbound onramp, according to Nevada Highway Patrol. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A school bus carrying 50 students was involved in a crash on the 215 Beltway near Lamb Boulevard Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, closing the westbound onramp, according to Nevada Highway Patrol. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A school bus carrying 50 students was involved in a crash on the 215 Beltway near Lamb Boulevard Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, closing the westbound onramp, according to Nevada Highway Patrol. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Highway Patrol officers investigate a crash involving a school bus which was carrying around 50 children and another vehicle at the 215 Beltway and Lamb Boulevard intersection in North Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Several students and the driver were transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The mother of a student involved in a school bus crash, which included another vehicle, arrives as Nevada Highway Patrol officers and Las Vegas Fire and Rescue officials respond at the 215 Beltway and Lamb Boulevard intersection in North Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Several students and the driver were transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Highway Patrol officers investigate a crash involving a school bus which was carrying around 50 children and another vehicle at the 215 Beltway and Lamb Boulevard intersection in North Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Several students and the driver were transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A student involved in a school bus crash, which included another vehicle, waits to be picked up as Nevada Highway Patrol officers and Las Vegas Fire and Rescue officials respond at the 215 Beltway and Lamb Boulevard intersection in North Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Several students and the driver were transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A Nevada Highway Patrol officer and Las Vegas Fire and Rescue official clean up debris while responding to a crash involving a school bus which was carrying around 50 children and another vehicle at the 215 Beltway and Lamb Boulevard intersection in North Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Several students and the driver were transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Students involved in a school bus crash, which included another vehicle, are seen as Nevada Highway Patrol officers and Las Vegas Fire and Rescue officials respond at the 215 Beltway and Lamb Boulevard intersection in North Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Several students and the driver were transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Students involved in a school bus crash, which included another vehicle, are seen as Nevada Highway Patrol officers and Las Vegas Fire and Rescue officials respond at the 215 Beltway and Lamb Boulevard intersection in North Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Several students and the driver were transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Highway Patrol officers respond to a crash involving a school bus which was carrying around 50 children and another vehicle at the 215 Beltway and Lamb Boulevard intersection in North Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Several students and the driver were transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Highway Patrol officers investigate a crash involving a school bus which was carrying around 50 children, not pictured, and flat bed tractor trailer at the 215 Beltway and Lamb Boulevard intersection in North Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Several students and the driver were transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Highway Patrol officers respond to a crash involving a school bus which was carrying around 50 children and another vehicle at the 215 Beltway and Lamb Boulevard intersection in North Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Several students and the driver were transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A Nevada Highway Patrol officer and Las Vegas Fire and Rescue officials respond to a crash involving a school bus which was carrying around 50 children and another vehicle at the 215 Beltway and Lamb Boulevard intersection in North Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Several students and the driver were transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Students involved in a school bus crash, which included another vehicle, board another bus as Nevada Highway Patrol officers respond at the 215 Beltway and Lamb Boulevard intersection in North Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Several students and the driver were transported to the hospital. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The westbound onramp on the 215 Beltway near Lamb Boulevard has reopened following a school bus crash.
A bus carrying 59 Legacy High School students collided with a tractor-trailer about 6:45 a.m. Wednesday, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
NHP Trooper Loy Hixon said the school bus struck the tractor-trailer on Lamb as the vehicles were turning left to get on the Beltway. It appeared the school bus driver cut the corner too short, striking the tractor-trailer, he said.
The bus driver, a pregnant woman, was transported to Centennial Hospital as a precautionary measure. Her injuries did not appear to be serious, NHP Trooper Loy Hixson said.
Several students were complaining of injuries but were not transported to a hospital, Hixson said.
About half the students were transferred to another bus and half went home with parents, Hixson said.
This is a developing story. Check back for details.
Contact reporter Kimberly De La Cruz at 702-383-0381, kdelacruz@reviewjournal.com or on Twitter @KimberlyinLV.
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