10 students taken to hospital after Durham school bus overturns

A Durham Public Schools bus overturned Monday afternoon.

It happened on Johnson Mill Road near Bahama in northern Durham County. DPS said 20 students were on the bus. Ten were taken to hospitals for observation. The driver was also taken for medical treatment.

“We are relieved to learn that our scholars are being treated for minor injuries,” Superintendent Dr. Anthony Lewis said. “The accident is under investigation, and our students are being released to their families.”

Parents were told to gather on nearby Patrick Road to pick up their children.

Some parents who spoke with ABC11 said the children were all elementary school students from Mangum Elementary School in Bahama. One mother of a kindergartener said her daughter was OK, but she was still shaken by the incident.

“I was ultimately terrified. It’s a lot scarier, you know, your child’s in an accident on the bus, and you’re like, OK, well, when you go, and you actually see the bus on its side, horizontal across the entire roadway, it smacks you like a brick,” said Samantha Grinstead. “And then you really start getting frantic, start shaking. You start getting nervous, nauseated.”

Johnson Mill Road was closed for nearly two hours. It reopened around 5:15 p.m.

The Durham County Sheriff’s Office was assisting at the scene.

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This story was originally published December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM with the headline "10 students taken to hospital after Durham school bus overturns."