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Texas school bus crash: School districts to wear green in support of Tom Green Elementary

By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team
Updated  March 24, 2024 5:49pm CDT
Texas
FOX 7 Austin

Bus involved in crash had no seatbelts

The school bus involved in Friday's deadly crash in Bastrop County did not have seatbelts, according to Hays CISD.

BASTROP, Texas - Central Texas school districts are encouraging its students and staff to wear green on Monday, March 25, in support of Tom Green Elementary School.

The following school districts are asking their communities to wear green on Monday:

Bastrop ISD

Hutto ISD

A Tom Green preschooler and a man were killed in a major crash that involved a Hays CISD school bus, a concrete truck and another vehicle in Bastrop County on Friday afternoon.

The bus carrying 44 Tom Green pre-K students and 11 adults had been returning from a field trip to the Capital of Texas Zoo. One student on the bus and a man in the third involved vehicle were killed according to Texas DPS. There were also several injuries inside the school bus.

TX school bus crash: 2 dead in Bastrop Co.

Texas DPS said three vehicles were involved in the deadly crash, resulting in two deaths.

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Hays CISD said Saturday that three staff members and two students are still in the hospital. The two students and one of the staff members are expected to be released soon.

Tom Green Elementary has canceled classes for Monday and will instead be offering access to specialized crisis and trauma counselors from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on campus.