According to Clark County Municipal Court data, 35-year-old Hermanio Joseph of Springfield is charged with fourth-degree vehicular murder, a felony.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol stated 52 kids from Northwestern Local Schools and a driver had been on the bus shortly after 8am on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) when an oncoming minivan veered into its path on Route 41 in Lawrenceville.
Trooper Tyler Ross stated the bus veered onto the shoulder however was unable to keep away from a collision and overturned.
One pupil thrown from the bus was pronounced useless on the scene. Twenty-three kids had been taken to hospitals by emergency medical personnel and others, together with mother and father. One severely injured pupil was taken to the native kids’s hospital, whereas the accidents of the opposite 22 kids had been described non-life-threatening.
Joseph and a passenger within the minivan had been additionally taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening accidents.
Northwestern Local Schools, the place lessons had been to start on Tuesday, cancelled Wednesday and Thursday lessons however stated grief counsellors can be obtainable on the main and senior colleges for anybody needing assist.
Staff members would get coaching to assist college students after they return on Friday, officers stated.
“Our hearts and prayers go out to the families that have been impacted by this tragedy,” the college district stated on its Facebook web page.
Source: www.9news.com.au
