BREAKING NEWS: Five people transported to hospital following bus rollover

Two adults and three students in Jackson County were transported to area hospitals following a rollover bus wreck Tuesday afternoon. The injuries were not thought to be life threatening.

The Jackson County School System bus was traveling north on Marlow Road just south of its intersection with Deadwyler Road in the Plainview area when it crossed the centerline into a shallow ditch and flipped, causing extensive damage to the right side of the bus. The bus landed on its wheels about 75 yards from where it hit the ditch area.

The wreck happened around 4 p.m.

Plainview Fire and Rescue units responded to the scene, along with Jackson County EMS, Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputies and neighbors who lived near the accident.
Some of the injured were removed from the bus through side windows. Three ambulances transported the five people from the scene.

Heavy rains in the area had flooded nearby fields and one bridge nearby was said to be underwater. The shoulders of Marlow Road were muddy and soft at the time of the wreck.