Bus rolls after overnight snow near Denver

Saturday, February 11, 2006

WESTMINSTER, Colo. -- About 30 people -- including children -- were on board a bus when it rolled onto its side on a highway in a Denver suburb Friday after an overnight snowstorm. At least some of the passengers were injured. Television helicopter video showed the bus on its side on the shoulder of U.S. 36 between Denver and Boulder, along with a damaged delivery truck and a car. It was not immediately clear whether the other vehicles were involved in the bus crash, or if weather was a factor. Westminster police spokesman Tim Read told KDVR-TV in Denver he did not know how many were hurt or the extent of their injuries.

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