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Published July 19, 2017

Bus accident sends 14 children to hospital

CAMDEN COUNTY – Fourteen children were injured in a bus accident last week off of Route AA. The bus was traveling from Oklahoma to Windermere Baptist Conference Center.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) a 2017 IC bus, driven by Elizabeth Boevers, 56, of Tulsa Oklahoma, was northbound on Route AA 480 ft south of Osborne Pass last Monday (July 10) around 4:45 p.m. when the bus failed to negotiate a curve and overturned.

According to the Camden County Sheriff’s Department (CCSD) it was initially reported that the bus was occupied by over 30 children and that there were multiple injuries. The CCSD said that there were actually 40 people with 39 of them being children.

All available CCSD deputies, MSHP, Sunrise Beach Police Department, two helicopters (Staff For Life and Lifeline), multiple ambulances along with Mid County Fire Protection District, Osage Beach Fire Protection District and Sunrise Beach Fire, were called to the scene.

The helicopters staged at a landing zone established at Mid County Station 3.

The injured children on the bus, ranging from ages 11-14, all received minor injuries and were transported to Lake Regional Hospital by ambulance except for one 14-year-old boy who was flown by Staff for Life to Mercy Hospital in Springfield.

All of the children were from Oklahoma except for one who was listed from Washington, Pennsylvania.

According to the MSHP, all the injured were wearing their safety devices.

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