Overview
- The bus carrying 26 Quashnet Intermediate and Kenneth C. Coombs students left Old Barnstable Road Monday around 8:40 a.m. and hit a tree at low speed.
- The driver was taken to Cape Cod Hospital after what police called a life-threatening medical emergency and remains hospitalized.
- All 26 students were evaluated at the scene, and the district offered counselors to help them process the crash.
- One child was brought to Falmouth Hospital for evaluation after showing stress and anxiety when relatives could not be reached.
- Mashpee police opened a crash investigation with help from the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office and the Cape Cod Regional Law Enforcement Council’s reconstruction unit.