At least 40 high school students were injured yesterday morning when a bus they were travelling on rolled at Auala village on Savaii island while reportedly trying to overtake a car on the road.
According to Newsline Samoa, the bus was traveling east from the villages of Falelima, Tufutafoe and Neiafu to take students attending the Itu Asau College at Asau village.
The bus crashed just one village shy of the school grounds at Asau.
The injured were transported to the Sataua District Hopsital, west of where the accident occurred.
Unconfirmed reports say the bus driver was seriously injured but there were no fatalities.
Concerns were raised on social media about the district hospital’s ability to cope with accidents of this scale.
One photograph showed two injured students sharing a bed while being attended to by medical staff.
Photo: Newsline Samoa
