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School Bus Crash Sends Students to Hospital

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GRADY CO., Ga. (WTXL) - A school bus crash sends dozens of students to the hospital.

The Georgia State Patrol says, 31 Decatur County Middle School students are sent to the hospital for checkups after a crash involving a Decatur County school bus and a car outside of Cairo.

GSP says the accident happened around 8:15 Friday night at U.S. 84 and Pierce Chapel Road.

Decatur County Schools Sergeant Maurice Gaines says, the bus was carrying middle school choral members, returning from a chorus event. He says none of the students are seriously injured, but all were transported to Grady General Hospital for checkups.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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