11 Students Hit and Injured by Teen Driver near Roosevelt High School in Fresno

11 Students Hospitalized after Fresno Car Accident near Tulare and Cedar Avenues

11 Students Hit and Injured by Teen Driver near Roosevelt High School in Fresno

Fresno, California: Eleven students were sent to the hospital after they were struck by a truck driven by a teen driver Wednesday afternoon just outside of Roosevelt High School.

According to Fresno police, the accident occurred around 3:30 p.m. near Tulare and Cedar avenues.

Authorities said a 16-year-old boy was speeding in a truck when he crashed into FAX bus stop where twenty students were waiting.

Eleven of the students were transported to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. At least one victim suffered a possible broken leg, and another sustained back injury.

Police said after the crash, the teen driver pulled over and ran from the truck with his 14-year-old sister. A family member picked up the teens and left the area.

Officers pulled over the family member near Ventura and Orange avenues and arrested the 16-year-old.

The crash is being investigated as a hit-and-run.