PEYTON, Colo., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A dozen people, mostly students, were injured when a school bus slid off a road in eastern Colorado and into a ditch, state police said.
The single-vehicle crash happened around 9:30 p.m. near Peyton, in El Paso County, Trooper Nate Reid told The Denver Post.
The bus, carrying 24 middle school students from Calhan, along with five adults, was eastbound on icy Colorado Highway 24 when the driver lost control, Reid said.
The bus rolled on to its side after sliding down an embankment. It was snowing at the time.
Eleven people injured were taken by ambulance to hospitals. One adult, a 31-year-old man, was flown from the scene by helicopter.
All of the injured have been treated and released.
The bus driver, a 65-year-old Simla man, was not injured. The bus was carrying seventh- and eighth-grade basketball players home from games in Colorado Springs.