The Kingston City School District reports that six students at Zena Elementary School received minor injuries in a head-on school bus collision with a car on Sawkill Road in Kingston on Friday morning.
All students are safe, the district announced:
Students are safe after a bus accident that occurred at approximately 8:30 AM Friday morning on Sawkill Road in Kingston. An Arthur F. Mulligan bus was transporting 22 students to Zena Elementary School, located at 1700 Sawkill Road, when an oncoming car crossed the roadway and struck the bus head on. Six students were taken to Kingston Hospital to be treated for minor injuries. The driver of the bus was uninjured. Zena Elementary School principal Therese Higgins, school social worker Cheryl Hecht, transportation director Judith Falcone, and assistant superintendent John Voerg responded to the scene of the accident.
District personnel assisted in organizing the safe transport of the remainder of students to Zena Elementary School via another school bus. Several students were released to the care of their parents, who also came to the scene of the accident.
Once students arrived at school, Ms. Higgins and Ms. Hecht provided students with the support they needed to begin their academic day. Families of impacted students were contacted by District staff to update them on this situation.
Update: The New York State Police report that the driver of the other vehicle involved in the crash was Joanne Reith of Woodstock, and that Reith was also treated for minor injuries.
The cause of the accident is under investigation, according to a news release issued by state police.
