GoFundMe pages have been set up for the family of Kari Chopper, the driver killed in the crash, as well as Legacy’s coaches. Police said the bus circled the airport and struck a concrete pillar.
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Officials at Denver Health told KUSA TV station that they had five patients: two in critical condition, two in serious condition and one fair.
Fifteen students and three staff members were injured, sending 10 of them to hospitals, officials said.
Fox 31 Denver reported that five people who had been on the school bus had been taken to the University Hospital, but there conditions were not known. All of the students who were hospitalized had been released by the afternoon of September 12.
Junior Kevin Segura was relieved to learn that his friend, a football player, was OK. Authorities say the bus carried 28 students and four adults.
It’s a somber start to homecoming week at a suburban Denver high school after a bus crash at Denver International Airport killed the driver and injured 15 students.
The bus is reported to be from Legacy High School, which is in Broomfield, Colorado, and is part of Adams 12 Five Star Schools.
The impact of the crash crushed the front of the school bus where the driver – a woman whose name and age has not been released – was sitting.
The school district said the students involved are being monitored and evaluated by Legacy High School’s athletic trainer.
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Sunday afternoon the Legacy Varsity and JV football teams were leaving DIA on buses after returning from a Friday night game in California. “We don’t know why”, he said.
