Minor injuries were reported after a Blairsville-Saltsburg School District bus slid off an icy road Tuesday morning and crashed, according to Trooper Cliff Greenfield.
The crash was reported at 8:30 a.m. along Chestnut Ridge Road in Burrell Township, Indiana County.
Five students were aboard at the time, Greenfield said. The bus slid off the road and hit an embankment and tree just over the Westmoreland County line.
Troopers at the scene reported icy road conditions, he said.
A winter weather advisory for that area expired at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The National Weather Service in Moon said some parts of the area could see freezing rain.
The majority of people involved in crashes involving school buses statewide in 2018 and 2019 had no injuries, according to PennDOT annual reports. There were 309 school bus crashes involving 3,223 people in 2018 and nearly 3,000 people involved in 301 crashes the following year. In both years, about 90% of those involved were not hurt, according to the reports.
