ADAIR, Okla. — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said a church van carrying children to Branson crashed on the Will Rogers Turnpike in northeast Oklahoma and 10 children were injured.
Trooper Dwight Durant said the bus crashed just before 1 p.m. Monday after a rear tire blew out and the van rolled over just west of Adair.
Durant said three children were taken to a Tulsa hospital and seven were taken to a hospital in Vinita. He said the children range in age from 5 to 15.
Authorities said three children are in stable condition. Four children and the van's driver were treated and released from the hospital. One passenger declined treatment. One girl was treated at the scene.
The van is owned by the Fresh Fire Outreach Center Church in Shawnee. The church said 20 children and four adults were traveling in three vehicles.