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11 Students Taken To Hospital After School Bus Crash In Milford

MILFORD (CBS) – A school bus crash in Milford sent 11 students to the hospital Monday afternoon. A car crossed over into the path of the bus on Dilla Street and hit it head-on.

It was a terrifying ride home on the bus for 10-year-old Anthony DaSilva.

"We were like, 'I'm so scared!'" Anthony said.

The students on the bus were coming home from the Woodland Elementary School.

"I just slammed my head and I'm like 'what was that?' When I looked out the window, it was a car broken," Anthony said.

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A school bus and car crashed in Milford (Image credit Nicole Festa)

Fifth grader Vincent Caldeira was among those taken to the hospital. He was sitting in the front row of the bus and saw the car veer into their lane.

"Some kids were hurt, some were crying," Vincent said. "Some were calling their parents and saying 'It's going to take a while to get home.' But for me I'm just like 'my leg hurts.'"

The vehicle that caused the crash was towed away from the area of Dilla Street and Quinshipaug Road with heavy front end damage.

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Car involved in crash with school bus in Milford (Image credit Nicole Festa)

A woman and her son, who's an EMT, heard the impact from their home steps away and jumped in to render first aid.

"She was just an 18-19 year old girl. She said she fell asleep," witness Laura Bontempo said. "When she lifted her head and looked up, she was dazed, but she had said she had fallen asleep at the wheel."

Parents and witnesses let out a sigh of relief that the children suffered just minor injuries.

"I thought I was going to come across a more deadly scene. I was glad that she wasn't as hurt," Bontempo said. "And the children too, they were so shaken up."

The driver of the car that hit the bus was alert when she was taken to the hospital, according to witnesses.

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