UPDATE: Shelton Schools Superintendent Freeman Burr said seven high school students were dismissed from school Tuesday after a school bus crash Tuesday morning.
The students complained of “headaches, bumps and muscle strains,” Burr said in an email to the Valley Indy.
“Some parents picked up students and sought additional/alternative medical attention,” the superintendent said.
The accident happened near the intersection of Route 108 and Wooster Street.
Valley Indy reader Paul Hahn posted the photo you see here on the Valley Indy Facebook wall at 8 a.m.
Shelton Police Lt Robert Kozlowsky said there were 37 students on the bus.
Beth Smith, headmaster at Shelton High School, used her Twitter account to inform the public that there were no student injuries. Kozlowsky confirmed.
Smith’s Tweet was at 7:27 a.m., just after the accident. Kozlowsky’s message was at 9:06 a.m.
The initial information changed as the morning progressed.
At about 10:45 a.m., Jean Stott called the Valley Indy and said her two grandchildren were injured in Tuesday morning’s crash.
Stott said she was calling from the emergency room at Griffin Hospital, where her two grandchildren were waiting to get checked out.
Both kids complained of back pain, Stott said. She said a third Shelton student was getting checked out at the hospital, too.
According to Stott, the students from the bus were loaded onto another bus, then taken to the high school, and then checked out by the school nurse.
Her grandchildren told a nurse about their pain, and were sent home.
Stott said the children should have been checked out at the scene.
The bus was on its way to Shelton High School when the accident happened.
Burr said in an email that an initial assessment was made at the accident scene. It was determined that no students needed immediate medical attention at that time, Burr said.
“Students were transferred to a new bus, which is standard practice,” Burr said. “SPS staff, the SHS Headmaster, SPS Security and (the Shelton Police Department) were all on the scene during this period of time. While awaiting the replacement bus, all students had an ongoing opportunity to report any injuries or concerns that would require immediate medical attention to the numerous parties on the scene.”
The air temperature was roughly 5 degrees at the time.
Once at the high school, all 37 students were checked out by school nurses, school officials said.
“Prior to reporting to class or being dismissed each student and a housemaster/headmaster spoke with the students’ parent(s). Students who went to class were instructed to report back to the nurse’s office if they become symptomatic,” Burr said.
