Justice · School bus rolloverRockdale County bus crash: 25 taken for care after Salem High team bus overturnsAired October 24, 2026 at 4:29 PM UTCThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07A bus carrying Salem High's football program overturned with 27 people aboard.0:12Rockdale County Public Schools says 25 people went for medical care, including 220:16students and three staff members.0:18The district reports no deaths.0:20Investigators still have to explain how their return trip ended with the bus on its0:24side.0:24The team was heading back from an away football game when the bus left the roadway.0:28It rolled onto its side against a construction barrier near Conyers, Georgia.0:32The crash happened around 11 p.m.0:34Friday, October 23.0:36The bus overturned in the Salem Road and Highway 138 corridor near Interstate 20.0:41Descriptions also place it near Old Salem Road and the Interstate Junction.0:45Those locations identify the general area.0:48The precise impact point still isn't clear.0:50Georgia State Patrol says the driver lost control while getting off Interstate 20.0:54Troopers are investigating with Conyers Police and the Rockdale County Sheriff's0:58Office.0:59That gives a sequence leading into the rollover, but investigators haven't explained1:02why the driver lost control.1:05The district counted 17 football players, 7 trainers, 2 coaches, and 1 driver1:10aboard.1:10That passenger breakdown groups people by their roles.1:13The medical transport figures group them as students or staff.1:17So the two breakdowns don't match category for category.1:20The district says many of those taken for treatment had already been treated and1:23released.1:24Staff also went to hospitals to support families.1:27Nobody has given a count of those still hospitalized or an update on their1:31individual conditions.1:32An earlier injury count put the number at 12.1:35The later total of 25 counts everyone taken for medical care.1:38Those figures measure different things.1:40They don't show that confirmed injuries rose from 12 to 25.1:43Two people were reportedly airlifted to trauma centers, a trainer, and an assistant1:48coach.1:49The earlier airlift count identified one trainer.1:52Their diagnoses haven't been released, and an airlift alone doesn't tell us how1:56serious someone's injuries are.1:58Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's Arthur M.2:00Blank Hospital was placed on mass casualty standby.2:03That was part of the medical response to a bus carrying 27 people, with 252:07ultimately transported for evaluation and treatment.2:10Many patients have been released, but the recovery picture remains incomplete.2:14Troopers' preliminary finding is that the driver lost control while exiting the2:18interstate.2:18They still have to determine why.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSS