Driver charged following a bus crash involving 42 school students

A 53-year-old man has been arrested following a crash involving a bus carrying 42 school children north of Adelaide.

A 53-year-old bus driver has been arrested after a bus carrying 42 children ran off the road.

Emergency services were called to an area about 8km north of Port Wakefield on Friday after reports a bus had run off the road.

The bus, carrying 42 children and five staff members from a Victorian school, became bogged in a nearby paddock.

There were no reports of injuries.

The bus driver, from Victoria, was arrested and charged with driving without due care and driving a heavy vehicle while fatigued.

The bus got bogged in a nearby paddock. Picture: SA Police

The 53-year-old was granted bail and will appear in the Kadina Magistrates Court on August 21.

The Weekly Advertiser reported the bus was carrying staff, students and parents from Horsham’s Holy Trinity Lutheran College.

The article states the accident occurred during a tour of central Australia.

College principal James Phillips told The Weekly Advertiser that alternate transport was promptly arranged for the passengers.

“The care, safety and welfare of students are always the college’s and my personal priority,” she said.

This comes after two children and a teen were hit by a car at Parafield Gardens on Thursday night.

Emergency services were called to the Salisbury Hwy, near Shepherdson Rd, at 6.30pm after reports of a Mazda, travelling South, colliding with pedestrians.

An 18-year-old woman from Parafield Gardens, 13-year-old girl from Parafield Gardens and 12-year-old girl from Paralowie were taken to the Women’s and Children’s Hospital as a precautionary measure.

It is understood they only received minor injuries.

A 41-year-old Parafield Gardens woman, driving the car, was not injured.

Police are continuing to investigate the crash.

It followed a serious crash in Adelaide on Thursday morning that saw a mother and daughter hit by a LandCrusier on Angas St.

A young girl and woman were rushed to hospital after being hit by a car during peak hour on Angas Street. Picture: 7NEWS

Emergency services were called to Angas St, near the intersection of Moore St, outside St Aloysius College at 8.34am.

The mother, 38, was rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with serious injuries but is in a stable condition.

The six-year-old child was taken to hospital for observation with minor injuries, reported to be a cut knee.

The wet conditions on Adelaide’s roads resulted in several other minor vehicle accidents with motorists experiencing delays on Thursday morning during peak hour.