NEW LONDON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — An adult and 13 students were taken to area hospitals after a van crashed into the back of a school bus.
It happened at the railroad tracks on County Highway S in New London just before 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Police say the Manawa School District school bus was stopped at the railroad tracks when it was rear-ended by the cargo van.
There were 36 passengers on the bus, including the driver, 32 students and three staff members. The students from Little Wolf High School were traveling to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton, Manawa school officials say.
The driver of the cargo van and 13 students sustained non-life-threatening injuries. School leaders say the students were taken to the hospital as a precaution.
