School bus carrying 11 people overturns into ditch in Ventura County

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. - Crews are responding to a call of an overturned school bus in Ventura County.

The Ventura County Fire Department responded to a call of a crash on Belcom Canyon Road in the city of Ventura around 2 p.m. Friday.

A school bus carrying nearly a dozen student athletes overturned in Ventura County. (FOX 11)

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VCFD believes 11 people – 9 student-athletes, a coach and the driver – were inside the bus when the vehicle overturned. Everyone safely got out of the bus and crews at the scene are looking into any possible injuries.

Officials did not give the exact or approximate ages of the student-athletes aboard the school bus.

The driver and two students were taken to the hospital for minor injuries, according to VCFD.

Officials did not say what caused the school bus to turn over.

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