A Chesapeake school bus crash Monday on Ohio 243 sent three school-aged children to the hospital and critically injured an adult.

Tuesday, December 12, 2000

A Chesapeake school bus crash Monday on Ohio 243 sent three school-aged children to the hospital and critically injured an adult.

Emergency crews responded about 2:45 p.m., Ohio Highway Patrol dispatchers said.

Larry D. Carpenter, 56, of Coal Grove was driving a 1991 Chevrolet school bus owned by the Chesapeake Village School District when it overturned on the Ohio 243, according to OHP trooper C.R. Smith’s report.

Only four passengers were aboard the bus when the accident occurred, according to Smith’s report.

The school bus was traveling westbound on the state route when it ran off the right side of the roadway before being steered back across the roadway and sliding off the left side of the road, according to Smith’s report. When the bus slid off the left side of the roadway, it overturned before coming to a stop.

Bus aide Candy Roby, 51, of Chesapeake received serious injuries from the crash and was lifeflighted from the scene to Cabell Huntington Hospital where she is still listed in critical condition, according to the report.

Southeast Ohio Emer-gency Medical Service crews transported a 12-year-old Chesapeake student – found ejected from the bus – to St. Mary’s Hospital.

Another 12-year-old student and a 13-year-old student were found still inside the bus with injuries. They were also transported to St. Mary’s Hospital.

No other vehicles were involved. The cause of the crash is under investigation.