BEVERLY, MASS. (WHDH) - Six children were treated for minor injuries after their school bus collided with another vehicle on Route 128 in Beverly Tuesday afternoon, state police said.
Eleven children were on the bus from the Brookwood School, a day school in Manchester-by-the-Sea, when it was rear-ended by another vehicle, according to state police.
The force of the collision sent the bus spinning several times, leaving it facing against traffic in the middle of the road.
“All of a sudden it started spinning. Everyone was like, bouncing around,” 8-year-old Reese Johnson, a student on the bus, said.
First responders treated six children for minor injuries at the scene and one was taken to Beverly hospital by emergency services, state police said.
Another bus took the remaining children to the hospital as a precaution.
Reeses’ mother, Shannon Johnson, said she was stuck in traffic behind the accident while she was on her way to pick him up from the school.
She described the moment she was informed of the situation as “heart-thumping.”
The incident remains under investigation.
No charges have been filed.
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