Eagle Pass Independent School District School Bus Accident Injures Students

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017

An Eagle Pass Independent School District School Bus involved in an auto accident on Monday, December 18, 2017, on El Indio Highway (FM 1021) injured several students riding aboard the school bus, requiring that they be transported to the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center.

The collision between the EPISD School Bus and an automobile occurred at approximately 4 P.M. while the local school district bus was delivering students home after school.  

The accident occurred at the intersection of El Indio Highway (FM 1021) and Wildwood Street in the Pueblo Nuevo Subdivision in southern Maverick County.

The driver of the automobile also sustained injuries and was transported to the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center.

According to preliminary reports, the EPISD School Bus was carrying approximately 20 students when the collision happened, causing at least five (5) students to have to be transported to the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center for treatment of their injuries.

The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety are investigating the auto accident between the EPISD School Bus and the automobile.