Five students and driver rushed to hospital after school van rolls over in Pittsburgh

FIVE students and a driver were hospitalized after a school van rolled over in Pittsburgh.

The crash unfolded Thursday morning in the New Homestead section of , nine miles from the City of Bridges.

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Allegheny County 911 confirmed icy roads likely contributed to the crash.

Police said five students and a driver were on the bus at the time of the accident.

Officials said the students and driver helped one another out of the wreckage before first responders got to the scene.

All the passengers on board were transported to local hospitals after sustaining minor injuries.

Photos from the scene showed the yellow school van upright on the road.

The school van was heading to Pittsburgh Mifflin PreK-8, reported.

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According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, police and counselors from Pittsburgh Public Schools contacted the students’ parents.

The crash site was cleared at around 9.30am local time.