Thirty people were taken to hospitals with minor injuries after a University of Maryland bus crashed into a pole on Wednesday morning, officials said.
Fifty-six people were on board the bus when it crashed into a light pole, the Prince George’s County fire department said. Thirty people were taken to hospitals, and 26 people refused treatment. Information wasn't immediately released on the nature of the injuries.
Prince George's County Fire and EMS was dispatched to Baltimore Avenue near the off-ramp to University Boulevard at about 10:20 a.m.
A mass casualty ambulance took 20 of the injured people to hospitals. Additional people were taken to hospitals in other ambulances, officials said.
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The white bus appeared to have crashed head-on into a pole in a grass median between Baltimore Avenue and the off-ramp, Chopper4 footage from the scene shows. Several people could be seen sitting on a curb near the crash.
No information was immediately released on the possible cause of the crash, which brought traffic on Baltimore Avenue to a standstill. A portion of the roadway was closed for hours and later reopened.
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