LOUISVILLE, Ky. — One woman is dead after an SUV collided with a Jefferson County Public School bus early Tuesday morning.
Louisville police said a red SUV hit the side of a JCPS bus attempting to cross Ballardsville Road at around 7 a.m. JCPS spokesperson Mark Hebert said the bus was carrying 60 students to Kammerer Middle School and Ballard High School.
The Jefferson County Coroner's Office said 32-year-old Shan'l Autumn Newberry was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
JCPS spokesperson Renee Murphy said a total of 14 students were taken to Norton Children' Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Taniya Fields was one of those students. She said there weren't open seats on the bus so she was partially in the aisle when they crashed. She said, "It just went black and it seemed like forever until I woke up. And it was just smoking and people were yelling and crying, I was just confused."
She bruised her hip and said it's painful to walk, but doctors said she'll be okay in a few days. "I am really scared to go on the bus again. It was really traumatizing."
JCPS made crisis counselors available at the hospital, Ballard, and Kammerer.
Ballard junior David Valladares said he was sitting in the backseat texting a friend when the impact sent him flying.
"All of a sudden I just flew from the very back to the front, and hurt my back and both my legs, and it just felt like a snap," Valladares said.
Medics were at the scene within minutes, setting up a triage for all 60 students and their bus drivers. Several parents went to the scene of the crash to connect with their children.
Several other JCPS buses were brought to the scene to take students who were not injured to class. Crisis counselors were standing by for anyone in need.
"You don't know how fast it feels until you see it and until you experience it, you won't understand how horrific and how scary it is," Valladares said.
LMPD said there are several people who witnessed the crash but left before talking to police. Anyone who saw what happened is asked to contact LMPD at 574-LMPD (5673).
The LMPD Traffic Unit is investigating this incident.
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