Students from Sandys Secondary Middle School were taken to hospital yesterday after two minibuses carrying the children collided in the United States.

The youngsters had been on a school trip to visit the American University in Maryland when the accident occurred.

Last night, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Education confirmed that none of the students had been seriously injured.

“The Ministry of Education was informed of the traffic accident in Maryland involving students from Sandys Middle School,” the spokeswoman said.

“The students are abroad on a school trip and were on their way to visit the American University in Maryland. The students are accompanied by two teachers and their principal, Timothy Jackson.

“The Ministry of Education has been in contact with the deputy principal who has advised that some students did suffer non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to Holy Cross Hospital.

“The Ministry is deeply grateful that no students were severely injured and that at last report the students were doing well. The ministry will receive a full report and an investigation will be carried out.”

Meanwhile, NBC Washington reported that the accident occurred on Route 29 in Silver Spring, Maryland, yesterday morning.

The media outlet said that although none of the pupils had been badly injured, some were taken to hospital for evaluation.

“Several children are being evaluated after two transport vans crashed,” a reporter for NBC Washington said. “The two vehicles were 15-passenger vans and those vans were carrying schoolchildren who were here from Bermuda. They were here for a college trip.

“They were on Route 29 this morning when one of the vans rear-ended the other. Both vehicles sustained damage as a result of the collision.

“Most of the children were OK. They did have some minor injuries, but everyone is going to be OK and it was nothing terribly serious.

“The children range in age from 12 to 14.

“They were transported to a hospital, some just for evaluation as a precaution, others had bumps and bruises.

“There were some bloody noses, I heard from one witness.

“The bottom line here is that everyone is going to be OK, no serious injuries.”