SOURTH FORK, Colo. — A school bus with 13 kids inside that was traveling on a snow-covered road in southern Colorado overturned and crashed onto abandoned railroad tracks early Thursday morning.

Troopers with the Colorado State Patrol said it happened at around 7:10 a.m. on Highway 160, just west of Jackson Street.

The bus was traveling east on the highway within South Fork city limits on a snow-covered road when it began to slide to the right after the driver tried to reduce her speed, according to a spokesperson with the CSP.

“The school bus left the roadway onto the dirt shoulder, rotated, and collided with abandoned railroad tracks, causing it to overturn onto its driver’s side,” a statement from the CSP read.

A total of 13 kids plus the driver were inside the bus at the time of th

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