SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT UPDATE

ROCK VALLEY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT CHAD JANZEN SAYS TEN STUDENTS WERE ON A SCHOOL BUS THAT TIPPED OVER ON A GRAVEL ROAD IN SIOUX COUNTY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

JANZEN SAYS  NONE OF THE STUDENTS NOR THE DRIVER WERE SERIOUSLY HURT. HE SAYS ONE STUDENT WAS TAKEN TO THE ROCK VALLEY CLINIC FOR TREATMENT AND WAS RELEASED TO GO HOME.

JANZEN SAYS THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WEST OF ROCK VALLEY ON 280TH STREET AROUND 8AM.  HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT BUT SAID THE DRIVER MAY HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED.

SIOUX COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION OF THE ACCIDENT. EARLIER THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAD SAID 20 STUDENTS WERE ON THE BUS.