Indiana School Bus Crash Leaves 2 Dead [Video]

A school bus crash involving students from an Indianapolis charter school has killed the driver and a 5-year-old student and sent numerous others to the hospital.

According to local police, the Indiana bus was carrying 50 children, ranging in ages from 5 to 16, to Lighthouse Charter School went it crashed into a bridge supporting a train track at about 7:45am Monday.

“Sparks started flying,” witness Daniel Maple told WTHR news. “He hit the center part of the bridge head on. I was directly on the other side of the bridge.”

Upon the arrival of paramedics, the driver of the bus, 60-year-old Thomas Spencer, and a female student, 5-year-old Donasty Smith, were pronounced dead. Fox 59 News reported that the young girl was sitting in the front of the school bus.

Rita Burris, a spokeswoman for the Indianapolis Fire District, said 10 students sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to area hospitals. The rest of the students were to be released to their parents.

An investigation into the crash is underway.

For more information on the tragic 2012 Lighthouse Charter School bus crash, watch the video below:

via WTHR News