A Maryland school bus carrying nearly two dozen students caught fire Tuesday after getting rear-ended by another vehicle along the Washington, D.C., beltway, authorities said.
The crash happened just before 10 a.m. on the outer loop of I-495 near Ritchie Marlboro Road in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, the Prince George’s County Fire and EMS Department said.
The car crashed into the rear of the school bus and both vehicles sustained fire damage.
Fire officials shared a photo of the scene, showing a gray sedan with a crumbled hood underneath the rear of the bus, which is engulfed in a cloud of smoke and has apparent scorch marks on its exterior.
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The school bus was carrying 23 students at the time, fire officials said. No injuries were reported.
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Officials did not say where the bus was heading, nor did they mention which school the students attended.
While no injuries were reported in the latest school bus-related crash, the National Safety Council said data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration showed that these types of crashes killed 108 people nationwide in 2021.
