7 children hurt in bus wreck on way back from church bombing service

WHERE THEY ARE STILL CLEANING UP FROM THAT CRASH. JOHN, WALK US THROUGH WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS ACCIDENT. OKAY. THIS CRASH ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN RIGHT ALONG I 5920 SOUTH, JUST A WEST OF JUST EAST OF THE I 65 INTERCHANGE. I’M GOING TO GET OUT THE SHOT TO GIVE YOU A BETTER VIEW OF THE DAMAGE. THIS IS THE TRAILER THAT ONE OF THE TRUCKS WAS HAULING. YOU CAN SEE THE THE VEHICLES ON THE LOWER LEVEL ARE CRUNCHED ON THE INSIDE. NOW, THE TRUCK ITSELF HAS BEEN HAULED OFF THE SCENE. WE ARE TOLD THAT THAT TRUCK ACTUALLY COLLIDED WITH A BIRMINGHAM CITY SCHOOL BUS, WHICH HAS ALSO SINCE BEEN TOWED FROM THE SCENE. NOW, THE BUS WAS CARRYING 17 STUDENTS AND THREE CHAPERONS FROM WENONAH AND JACKSON-OLIN HIGH SCHOOL. WE’RE TOLD THEY HAD ATTENDED A PROGRAM AND COMMEMORATING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 16TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH BOMBING. BUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TELLS US A TOTAL OF FIVE KIDS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL ITSELF JUST SENT US A RELEASE SAYING THEY RECEIVED A TOTAL OF SEVEN PATIENTS FROM THIS WRECK. WE UNDERSTAND FOUR HAD MINOR INJURIES. ANOTHER SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES, ACCORDING TO THE BIRMINGHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE TRACTOR TRAILER THAT I MENTIONED THAT WAS PULLING THAT VEHICLE, HAULER APPARENTLY COLLIDED WITH THE BUS AND ENDED UP JACKKNIFING ON THE LEFT SHOULDER WITH SERIOUS DAMAGE AFTER THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON. ALL BUT ONE LANE WAS CLOSED ON THIS STRETCH OF I 5920 HEADING SOUTH. THAT HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. THEY HAVE OPENED UP ANOTHER LANE, BUT IT’S STILL MOVING VERY SLOW, VERY SLOWLY THROUGH HERE. SO IF YOU’RE PASSING THROUGH DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM ON 5920, HEADING TO BESSEMER, MAKE SURE YOU’RE CAREFUL AND BE PREPARED