COLUMBUS, Ohio — Eight children were hospitalized after a crash involving two Gahanna-Jefferson Public School buses near downtown Columbus Wednesday morning.
The Columbus Division of Police said two buses crashed at Interstate 670 West near Joyce Avenue around 9:30 a.m. The buses were taking students from Middle School West to a field trip at the Dayton Air Force Museum, according to a statement from Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools.
The children were taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital as a precautionary measure and their conditions were described by police as "stable."
The district says parents were contacted about the crash. Students on the bus were taken back to the middle school.