One Dead, at Least Nine Injured in School Bus Crash in New York State

A bus driver was killed and eight children and one adult were injured in a car accident involving two school buses.

MOSCOW, January 6 (Sputnik) — A bus driver has been killed and eight children and one adult have been injured in a crash involving two school buses in the city of Rochester, New York, the Rochester News10NBC reported Tuesday, citing a local hospital.

"(The hospital) is currently treating eight children and one adult from the school bus crash on Hudson Avenue this morning. All are currently under evaluation and all appear to have non-life-threatening injuries,” Strong Memorial Hospital said in a statement as quoted by Rochester Media. News10NBC added that the driver of the bus that crashed into a tree died at the scene.

Rochester school bus crash kills driver, sends several students to hospital http://t.co/iVZhv7QnXn (via @13WHAM) pic.twitter.com/yiHjTmwwDG

— CBS 6 Albany — WRGB (@CBS6Albany) January 6, 2015

However, the local Fire Department stated that as many as ten children on board had been hospitalized, four of them with serious but non-life-threatening injuries and six with minor injuries.

According to local media reports, the bus was heading south on Hudson Avenue at around 7:00 am local time (12:00 GMT) when it crashed into another school bus and hit a tree. The crash scene has been cordoned off by police.