Radford University statement on Nov. 29 Chesterfield, Va. bus accident

Updated: Nov. 30, 2015 @ 1:45 p.m. ET

Radford University can confirm to-date that 16 Radford University students have been reported injured in the Home Ride bus accident Sunday evening in Richmond, Va.

Based on information provided to Radford University by the bus operator, a total of 30 Radford University students were registered as passengers on the bus. Earlier reports this morning from the bus operator had indicated 31 RU students, but that passenger has been since identified by RU as likely a student at another university.

Of those 16 injured students, nine were known to have been transported to Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. RU students transported to VCU include seven who received treatment and were released as of early this morning, and two who remained under observation at VCU as a precaution. There is no additional releasable information regarding the remaining seven injured students. However, there is no information available at this time to indicate that Radford University students are among any patients who may have been critically injured in the accident.

Radford University has begun reaching out to the RU students who were passengers on the bus to ascertain their well-being, as well as to coordinate notification with their respective instructors about missed classes and make available, as needed, assistance from the university’s student health center and counseling services.

According to a statement attributed to the bus operator, Abbott Trailways, the bus was scheduled to take Radford University and Virginia Tech students from Richmond on Sunday evening to their campuses after the Thanksgiving weekend break.

Radford University’s focus remains on ascertaining the well-being of all Radford Students who were on the bus and providing them necessary support in the aftermath of this accident.

Updated: Nov. 30, 2015 @ 12:45 p.m. ET

Radford University can confirm to-date that 15 Radford University students have been reported injured in the Home Ride bus accident Sunday evening in Richmond, Va.

Based on information provided to Radford University by the bus operator, a total of 30 Radford University students were registered as passengers on the bus. Earlier reports this morning from the bus operator had indicated 31 RU students, but that passenger has been since identified by RU as likely a student at another university.

Of those fifteen injured students, nine were known to have been transported to Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. RU students transported to VCU include seven who received treatment and were released as of early this morning, and two who remained under observation at VCU as a precaution. There is no additional releasable information regarding the other six injured students. However, there is no information available at this time to indicate that Radford University students are among any patients who may have been critically injured in the accident.

Radford University has begun reaching out to the RU students who were passengers on the bus to ascertain their well-being, as well as to coordinate notification with their respective instructors about missed classes and make available, as needed, assistance from the university’s student health center and counseling services.

According to a statement attributed to the bus operator, Abbott Trailways, the bus was scheduled to take Radford University and Virginia Tech students from Richmond on Sunday evening to their campuses after the Thanksgiving weekend break.

Radford University’s focus remains on ascertaining the well-being of all Radford Students who were on the bus and providing them necessary support in the aftermath of this accident.