41 students suffer minor injuries after 3 school buses crash in Kentucky

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

ByABC News
December 7, 2017, 9:56 AM

— -- Three school buses in Kentucky were involved in a crash on Dixie Highway in Jefferson County this morning, injuring 41 middle and high students, a Jefferson County Public Schools official said.

All of the students on board the three buses were taken to hospitals after the collision, according to Allison Martin, public schools communications director in Jefferson County. The students' injuries were minor, she said.

PHOTO: Three school buses were involved in a crash on Dixie Highway in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Dec. 7, 2017.
Three school buses were involved in a crash on Dixie Highway in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Dec. 7, 2017.

The conditions of the three drivers were unknown, Martin said, and the cause of the accident is under investigation.

PHOTO: Three school buses were involved in a crash on Dixie Highway in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Dec. 7, 2017.
Three school buses were involved in a crash on Dixie Highway in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Dec. 7, 2017.
PHOTO: Three school buses were involved in a crash on Dixie Highway in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Dec. 7, 2017.
Three school buses were involved in a crash on Dixie Highway in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Dec. 7, 2017.