School Bus Hits Curb; 4 Taken to Hospital
Students on a bus leaving Lanai Road Elementary School received minor injuries Monday afternoon when the vehicle abruptly hit a curb.
Four children were taken to hospitals, reporting head or back pain.
“We think the injuries are all minor,” said Capt. Rich Cotterall of the Los Angeles Fire Department, who was at the scene. “But any time someone--especially kids--complains of head or back pain, you have to take it seriously.”
About 20 other children were treated at the scene, Cotterall said.
The bus, with 69 students aboard, was bound for an area just west of downtown Los Angeles. But as it left the Encino campus, it struck the curb, according to Los Angeles Unified School District authorities.
“One child hit the seat in front of her,” said district spokeswoman Hilda Ramirez. “She complained of pain and the paramedics were called.”
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