21 children taken to hospital after school bus collides with car
The driver of the car was left seriously injured by the collision.
Twenty-one children have been taken to hospital following a crash involving a school bus and a car which left a driver seriously injured.
The bus was travelling to Our Lady and St Patrick’s High School in Dumbarton when the collision happened in Renton Road at about 8.40am on Wednesday.
The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) sent six vehicles and an air ambulance to the scene.
The 27-year-old man driving the car, a Vauxhall Corsa, was airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow in a serious condition.
West Dunbartonshire Council said a number of pupils were being treated for minor injuries.
In total, 23 patients were taken to two hospitals – the QEUH and the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.
Nineteen children and a woman from the school bus were taken to hospital by ambulance while another two children were taken by relatives.
The driver of the bus was not injured.
Anyone with information is asked to call road policing officers at Dumbarton police station via 101, quoting reference number 0801 of August 23.
