Bus rolls on I-95, leaving 27 injured

KINGSVILLE, Md. Twenty seven people suffered minor injuries Sunday after a bus crashed and rolled on I-95 north of Baltimore, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.

The crash occurred near Kingsville, Maryland at around 7 a.m. Fire officials said in a statement. The vehicle was operated by a megabus and carried 47 people. 15 of the 27 people injured were taken to local hospitals, according to officials.

The Maryland State Police, Baltimore County Fire Department officials said, no other vehicles were involved in the crash.

Dan Rodriguez, a megabus spokesman, said in an email that the driver of the bus was among 15 people taken to the hospital. He said that a number of them have already been released and will be provided transportation to their final destination.

The company will be conducting a thorough review of what happened, but it didn't have any comment on the circumstances surrounding the crash.

The safety of our customers and employees is our top priority, according to Rodriguez.

Phil Givens, who lives nearby and took drone footage of the bus on its side, said the crash occurred on the southbound side of the highway. He said that particular stretch of road is straight.

They have been doing construction, but it is on the northbound side, he said.

Taylor Morningstar, who works for a local garage that towed the bus away, said by phone that a tire on the passenger side was most of the way ripped off, probably because of the way the bus came down into that ravine. It looked like they had kicked the windshield out to start funneling people out of the bus, said Morningstar.

He said the bus had a skylight on the roof that was spiderwebbed from the impact.