US school bus crashes, eight injured

Several children have been injured after their school bus crashed in Kansas state.

Workers right an overturned school bus in Kansas

Several children have been injured after their school bus overturned in the US state of Kansas. (AAP)

The bus overturned on Wednesday afternoon in while carrying students from a private school.

School spokeswoman Beth Bryant says eight girls were hurt but that no one suffered life-threatening injuries.

Bryant says the bus was carrying 30 sixth-grade girls when it crashed along a ramp.

She says the other 22 girls were being taken to a local high school to be picked up by their parents.

Television images showed the bus on its side, with paramedics placing children on stretchers.


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