Student Killed in Pendleton School Bus/Dump Truck Crash

This from the Enquirer, Photo by Patrick Reddy:

1 killed in school bus crash

PENDLETON COUNTY - A teenage boy was killed this morning after a dump truck sideswiped his school bus on Ky. 22 around 7 a.m.

The accident occurred on a rural stretch of Ky. 22 near Ballinger Road.

Residents of the area said the westbound dump truck hit the end of the eastbound school bus in a curve in the rural, two lane road. The rear driver's side of the school bus suffered extensive damage.One student on the bus was killed. The 10 other students on the bus were taken by ambulance to St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Grant County. Their injuries were described as minor. Both drivers were also taken to the hospital. All had been treated and released by 10:30 a.m.

Christa Moore, spokesperson for St. Elizabeth, said the children ranged in age from 5 to 16 years old." Any time you're dealing with children, there is a lot of emotion that goes into it," Moore said. "They were all scared."

During a news conference this morning, Pendleton County Sheriff C.W. "Craig" Peoples declined to discuss details of the accident and would not confirm that the person who was killed was a student on the bus. He said both the bus driver and dump truck driver will be tested for drugs and alcohol, which is standard procedure in accidents of this nature....

...Dina Dennie heard the crash while she and her kids were getting ready in their house around 7 a.m. Her 17-year-old daughter Sadie ran outside and was the first person on the scene. She brought the injured children inside their house while her mother called 911 and the school, Dina Dennie said.

"I could feel my body go weak. I heard the kids screaming, 'Help me! Help me!'," she said...