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School bus overturns in Columbia; students checked for injuries

The bus went off the roadway on Old Columbia Road

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A school bus overturned in Columbia, Maryland, on Thursday afternoon and students are being evaluated for any injuries, authorities say.

Chopper video shows the yellow bus on its side in a field.

The bus went off the roadway in the 7300 block of Old Columbia Road. The call for help came at about 3:35 p.m., Howard County police said.

Medics are evaluating students. Preliminarily, no injuries appeared to be life-threatening, police said.

No information on the potential cause of the crash was immediately released.

Stay with NBC Washington for more details on this developing story.

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