Four Kentucky students hurt in school bus crash after driver goes into cardiac arrest

Four students in Boone County were hospitalized Wednesday after their school bus crashed when the driver went into cardiac arrest, Boone County sheriff’s Major Philip Ridgell told the Herald-Leader.

The students’ injuries were not life-threatening, and three had been released Wednesday afternoon. The school bus driver was in intensive care Wednesday afternoon.

Sheriff’s deputies said the school bus driver apparently had a medical emergency as the bus approached the intersection of Collier Lane and Hanover Boulevard in Boone County, officials said. The bus crashed into several trees in the backyard of a house on Sherwood Court.

Deputies arrived minutes later and discovered the driver was in full cardiac arrest, a news release said. He was removed from the driver’s seat and officials began CPR. The driver was taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Florence and later transferred to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Edgewood where he was in intensive care, Ridgell said.

The one student taken to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital will remain overnight, and three others taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Florence were released Wednesday. Three were taken to the hospital by ambulance and one by their parent. All of the students onboard were from Cooper High School.

This story was originally published December 18, 2024 at 4:04 PM.