At least 32 injured as shuttle bus crashes into Missouri ditch

All of those injured were adults aged 27 to 68, records show

A shuttle bus crashed in Missouri, leaving dozens injured, including the 45-year-old driver (Hermann Area Volunteer Fire Department)

Dozens of people riding a shuttle bus in Missouri were injured after the vehicle struck a ditch.

At least 32 people were injured on Saturday around 10.45 a.m. when a shuttle bus driving on state Highway 100 near Eagles Nest Drive in Gasconade County veered off the right side of the road. The driver then overcorrected and drove off the left side of the road and into a ditch, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

All of those injured were adults aged 27 to 68, highway patrol records show. Four are suffering from serious injuries, 11 from moderate, and 17 from minor.

A 45-year-old man driving the shuttle bus — one of the four who was seriously wounded — was airlifted to a local hospital, records show.

The state highway patrol is now investigating the incident. None of the victims have been identified.

Records show 22 of the passengers are from Missouri, eight are from Illinois and one is from Kansas.

The local fire department stated in their report that 41 people in total had been onboard the bus.

The crash was considered a “mass casualty incident,” according to the Hermann Area Volunteer Fire Department. This designation also signals more resources from nearby areas to assist.

An air ambulance and 10 ambulances were dispatched in the wake of the incident, bringing 14 firefighters, 20 paramedics, and a flight crew to the scene, the fire department said.

Less than three hours after the crash, at 1.30 p.m., the road was reopened for normal traffic, according to the fire department.