Student recalls scary scene after MCPSS bus flips over

WILMER, Ala. (WALA) - For the first time, we’re hearing from one of the students who was on a Mobile County Public School System bus when it flipped over into a ditch Wednesday.

It was a shocking scene on Mason Ferry Road, shortly after 4 p.m., with a MCPSS bus on its side.

The front of the bus completely bent to the side, a tire brushed against the trees and mud slung all across the windshield.

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office and first responders working hard to help those involved.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency on Thursday said six students were transported to a local hospital for treatment of their injuries. The driver of the bus, Angela Lane Weaver, 47, of Lucedale, Miss., was also injured and taken to a local hospital, ALEA said.

Senior Trooper Kendra McKinney with ALEA told FOX10 News the bus left the roadway and the driver overcorrected. A back wheel was off the road and when the driver tried to correct and get it back onto the road, the bus tipped, McKinney said.

The school system said the bus was coming from Mary G. Montgomery feeder pattern schools, carrying 14 students.

Dayton Reed, who was on the bus, told me he was sleeping, but quickly woke up to the bus on its side.

“The bus was on its side; we had to go out the emergency exit,” Reed said. “We had to carry the girl who was most severely injured out. I ended up only getting a concussion and like leg abrasions. There was a bunch of kids bleeding out of their legs from glass. It was not a pretty scene at all.”

One person told me they were driving down the road when they saw the bus. That’s when they sprung into action.

“I immediately stopped, called 911, got the kids out of the road and there was a little girl hurt. She couldn’t get up because of her leg and her neck so I went straight over there to her,” they said. “The bus driver hadn’t even gotten up yet, I hadn’t made it to see. I was to get them away from the bus I was scared. You just never know.”

MCPSS Superintendent Chresal Threadgill sent out a statement saying in part:

It’s still unclear what exactly caused the bus to flip.