Several pupils were taken to hospital following a morning rush hour crash involving a number of school buses in Abu Dhabi.

The accident, which happened at around 7am on Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Street, also known as Salam street, at the turn-off for Mussaffah, involved around four school buses and several cars.

Pupils from various schools were caught up in the crash, according to Balakrishna Gopinath, general manager of Velocity School Bus Transportation, which operates one of the buses involved in the accident on Thursday.

He said five children, who were on the bus operated by Velocity, were taken to hospital after complaining of pain and “uneasiness”. None were seriously injured, he added.

The four school buses involved in the accident are parked on a sand lot near TwoFour54 as police investigate the crash on Thursday morning. The National

“Two children have been discharged from hospital and another three who are complaining of pain have been asked to wait to see if there is anything [wrong],” said Mr Gopinath at around 9.40am, around two and a half hours after the accident.

“But they have not observed anything as of now. One [Velocity School Bus Transportation] team is sitting at the hospital,” he added.

Uninjured pupils were driven away in a spare school bus, said Mr Gopinath.

Police cleared the accident, which had been slowing traffic, by 7.50am, according to the force’s Twitter feed.

07:48 #Accident on Shk Zayed St after Ministries Underpass - Exit to Maqta Br. - Cleared. - Traffic delays remain @AbuDhabiDoT #uaetraffic

— Abu Dhabi Traffic (@ad_traffic) May 3, 2018

But the buses, several police cars and an ambulance remained parked in an area next to the road, at 8.30am. The first bus left the area shortly after.

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