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Emergency crews respond after a Leander ISD school bus carrying 42 students rolled into an embankment in northwest Austin, Texas.
Photo: School Bus Fleet
On Wednesday, Aug. 13, approximately 17 students were injured after a school bus rolled over onto its side on the first day of the district's new school year.
The bus, a 2024 Blue Bird equipped with seat belts, was carrying over 40 students and one driver from the Leander Independent School District in northwest Austin, Texas, in Travis County.
According to ABC News, images from the scene show the vehicle with significant damage after rolling over into an embankment surrounded by trees. Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services (ATCEMS) was dispatched to the scene on Nameless Road in Travis County just after 3:15 p.m. local time.
ATCEMS initially reported 12 individuals were transported from the scene to the local hospital, but later confirmed 17 were transported to the hospital. According to the Austin American-Statesman, all injured students and the driver were treated and released within the next day. The remaining people were taken to a reunification center for “further evaluation and to be reconnected with family.”
At the time of the crash, ATCEMS reported that 10 patients (nine children and one adult) were initially taken from the scene to hospitals in the area. However, two additional children were later transported to the hospital from the reunification center with “minor injuries.” It was reported that one individual had a life-threatening injury, and two others had potentially life-threatening injuries.
The damaged Leander ISD school bus resting on its side in an embankment along Nameless Road.
Photo: Travis County Emergency Services
According to FOX 7 Austin, the Texas Department of Public Safety revealed from the preliminary investigation that the bus had been traveling south on Nameless Road, where the road “has a slight curve” and for an “unknown reason” the bus left the right side of the roadway and rolled over.
FOX 7 Austin’s Rudy Koski reported that the children were from Leander ISD’s Bagdad Elementary School, about 5 miles from the crash site. The Austin American-Statesman reported some students from Danielson Middle School were also on board.
The NTSB will be investigating the crash. According to the district, the driver, Tim Gall, has been placed on paid administrative leave while the Department of Public Safety conducts an investigation into the accident.
Recently released video footage of the crash shows the bus tipping off the right side of the road before rolling over and landing on its left side.
In other school bus accident news, on the same day in Texas, a Cleveland ISD bus carrying almost 60 students overturned during a crash on FM 1010, which is the second rollover crash reported in just three days for the Houston district. The earlier rollover occurred Monday, August 11, on the same road. Officials have not reported any life-threatening injuries from either incident.
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on August 14, 2025, and was updated on August 26, 2025, for additional updates on the crash investigation and released crash footage.
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