Parkway Students Injured in Bus Crash Near Ballwin

Four students suffered minor injuries in an accident involving two school buses Thursday afternoon.

According to spokesperson Cathy Kelly, one school bus rear-ended the other bus on Hanna Road at the Big Bend Road intersection around 2:45 p.m. Thursday.

Kelly said four students complained of back and neck injuries and were taken to Mercy Medical Center in Creve Coeur. 

The injured students are transfer students who live in St. Louis.

"Both of the buses were transfer students," Kelly said.

Parkway South Assistant Principal Eric Wilheim reports all four students were evaluated and released from the hospital by Thursday evening.

Students underwent x-rays as part of their evaluation at the hospital.

Kelly said the district is still not sure exactly how the crash happened.

"It just rear-ended it," Kelly tells Patch. "We really don't know."

The back window was shattered in the front bus.

Kelly said the buses were Durham buses, therefore the drivers are not Parkway drives so district officials are not sure of the next steps involved in the investigation of the accident.