PEORIA, AZ — Multiple students and adults were taken to a hospital after a crash involving two school buses in Peoria.
At around 2 p.m. Friday, Peoria police and medical crews were called to a crash near 83rd Avenue and Sweetwater, north of Cactus Road.
Peoria Fire says a total of 90 students were on the two buses.
Seven people, including five students and two adults, were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Peoria Police Department.
Officials say a group of 3rd graders was returning to school from a field trip when the crash occured.
Video from the scene shows a Valley Del Sol school bus with damage to the front end of one bus.
The cause of the crash is under investigation. Officials say intoxication and speed have been ruled out as causes of the crash.
The driver who rear-ended the other bus was cited for a civil traffic vioalton, police say.
Police say 83rd and Sweetwater avenues are both closed while the investigation is underway.
