PUTNEY, Vt., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- At least 17 people, including the driver, were injured when a bus carrying university students crossed a highway median and rolled over in Vermont, police said.
The bus -- one of eight carrying students from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst to a ski trip in Quebec, Canada, Friday -- was traveling northbound on Interstate 91 near Brattleboro, Vt., when it crossed the median and the southbound portion of the highway before hitting an embankment and rolling over on its right side, Vermont State Police Sgt. Michael Sorensen told CNN affiliate WLLP.
Joseph Schoppy, the owner of Tour World, which operates the buses, said he wasn't sure of the extent of the driver's injuries but he said the injuries sustained by the students "seem very minor," CNN reported.
Eight students were treated for minor injuries and released from Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said. Eight others were treated for minor injuries at Springfield Hospital, a hospital official said.
Other passengers on the bus were picked up by a school bus and eventually were transported to White River Junction, where they had the choice of either continuing on to Quebec or returning to Massachusetts, CNN said. Schoppy said the other seven buses chartered for the trip continue on to Quebec for the ski trip. UPI
