Personal Injury Law

Plainfield North High School Students Hurt in West Chicago Bus Crash

By Kris Briggs

Six students from Plainfield North High School were transported to Central DuPage Hospital with minor injuries Wednesday after a three-vehicle crash in West Chicago that involved two school buses.

Police said that roughly 90 students from the Plainfield North were on the buses at about 9:15 a.m. on their way to St. Charles for a field trip when the accident occurred at Route 59 and Glen Avenue.

The driver of one of the buses was cited for following too closely, police added.
Ambulances from West Chicago, Winfield, Geneva and Wheaton were called to the scene and transported the injured students.

Tom Hernandez, a spokesman from Plainfield School District 202, said a car stopped in front of the first bus, which caused the first bus to slam on the brakes. That bus hit the car and was hit from behind by the second bus.

All students were seated with the crash happened and that students were headed to see a play, ?Romeo and Juliet.?

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6 students hurt in West Chicago bus crash, DailyHerald.com, April 28, 2010

Full post as published by Illinois Injury Law Blog on May 25, 2010 (boomark / email).