Posted: March 28

SPRINGVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A charter bus carrying 46 elementary school children on a field trip to the Tennessee Aquarium ran off Interstate 59 and overturned Friday, injuring four people.

State trooper spokesman David Richards said none of the injuries was believed to be life-threatening, but one child was taken to a hospital by air ambulance. The driver and two other students also were taken to hospitals for treatment, he said.

Forty-nine people in all were on the bus, including two teachers.

Troopers are investigating the cause of the crash, which occurred at 7:30 a.m. CDT about 30 miles northeast of Birmingham. Students from Bryan Elementary School in Jefferson County were traveling to the aquarium in Chattanooga, Tenn., Richards said.

“Three buses were traveling together. One bus left the road, hit a guard rail and overturned on the right shoulder,” Richards said.

Officials said school buses would be used to take students from the charter buses to a National Guard armory in Springville.