Smoke billows from school bus with 23 kids aboard after crash, Virginia photo shows

A crash between a car and a school bus created a cloud of smoke when the vehicles went up in flames, a photo from Virginia officials shows.

A car was driving behind a school bus when it rammed into the back of the bus, the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department said in a Dec. 12 Facebook post.

The crash caused both vehicles to go up in flames, officials said.

The bus was carrying 23 students when it was hit, according to the department, but no students were injured during the crash.

The drivers of the bus and the car were also uninjured, officials said.

Officials did not release the age of the students or where they were traveling.

Prince George’s County is about 35 miles south of Richmond.

This story was originally published December 12, 2023 at 2:57 PM with the headline "Smoke billows from school bus with 23 kids aboard after crash, Virginia photo shows."

Irene Wright

McClatchy DC

Irene Wright is a McClatchy Real-Time reporter. She earned a B.A. in ecology and an M.A. in health and medical journalism from the University of Georgia and is now based in Atlanta. Irene previously worked as a business reporter at The Dallas Morning News.