A student was taken to a hospital Tuesday after the Jefferson Parish
Public Schools bus he was on crashed into a Metairie canal.
The
accident was reported Tuesday afternoon at Elise and West Metairie avenues.
Jefferson Parish officials have
not released details.
Sources close to the incident
said the bus, with students on board, went off the road and into the canal.
Jefferson Parish firefighters were sent to the scene.
Officials said all students were
removed from the bus. WDSU reporter Travers Mackel said 12 track athletes from
T.H. Harris Middle School were on board.
One student was taken to a
hospital, Mackel said.
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