KANEVILLE TOWNSHIP — Fifty-one high- and
middle school students were taken to Delnor-Community
Hospital in Geneva for observation after a
Kaneland school bus and a sports utility
vehicle collided Thursday morning.
The bus was carrying students to Kaneland
High School and Kaneland Middle School in
Maple Park, in southwest Kane County.
The bus and SUV collided less than two
miles west of Elburn, near the intersection
of Keslinger and Francis roads.
Delnor spokesman Brian Griffin had no
information on the students' conditions as
of this morning, other than that two were
being examined in the hospital's major care
area and the other 49 had been taken to the
minor care area. Of the 49 students, several
had been released and no major injuries were
reported.
Kaneville Fire Department Lt. Paul Ross
said ambulances took about 10 to 12 students
to the hospital. The rest went in a school
bus Kaneland Community School District sent.
At about 7:15, the bus was heading west
on Keslinger when an SUV turned right off of
Francis, about 1 3/4 miles west of Elburn.
The vehicles collided and the bus ran into a
ditch south of the road. Students said the
SUV, reportedly driven by a Kaneland senior,
flipped several times before landing in a
ditch north of Keslinger.
"He didn't stop. There's a stop sign (on
Francis Road) and he didn't stop," said
Kaneland sophomore April Runde, 15.
