Wreck involving 18-wheeler and a school bus on Southeast Side closes highway

A school bus and an 18-wheeler truck were involved in a wreck Saturday night March 3, 2018, according to San Antonio police. A school bus and an 18-wheeler truck were involved in a wreck Saturday night March 3, 2018, according to San Antonio police. Photo: Sujata Jana / EyeEm/Getty Images/EyeEm Photo: Sujata Jana / EyeEm/Getty Images/EyeEm Image 1 of / 41 Caption Close Wreck involving 18-wheeler and a school bus on Southeast Side closes highway 1 / 41 Back to Gallery

All lanes of Loop 410 at W.W. White Road were closed for several hours Saturday night following a wreck on the highway early Saturday afternoon involving an 18-wheeler semi-trailer truck and a school bus, according to San Antonio police.

Details on how the wreck occurred were not available, but Joe Arrington, San Antonio Fire Department spokesman, said none of the children were injured.

According to news reports, traffic was already stacking due to a seperate accident when the the 18-wheeler failed to stop and struck four vehicles and then hit the bus.

KSAT reports the bus then fell 20 feet off the overpass into an embankment below.

Arrington confirmed the driver was transported to an area hospital in unknown condition at about 6:20 p.m.

Arrington said the bus and children were from the Tuloso-Midway Independent School District. That school district is in Nueces County near Corpus Christi.

It is unknown what the students were in San Antonio for. A VIA bus later transported the children away from the scene.

Crews worked into the night cleaning diesel fuel that leaked following the wreck. Officials could not confirm if the 18-wheeler was transporting fuel and could not say where the leak originated.

Staff Writer Chris Quinn contributed to this report.