Speeding car hits school bus in Everett, 11 students aboard safe

Eleven students on a Devens School bus escaped serious injury after a speeding car struck the vehicle at Broadway and Langdon Street in Everett, Massachusetts, on Thursday, May 21, 2026. Police and school officials said nine students were taken to area hospitals for observation, while the bus driver and another staff member aboard were not hurt.

Surveillance footage from a nearby business showed the bus making a left turn before colliding with a black sedan traveling the opposite direction on Broadway. The bus was carrying children from the Devens School, a therapeutic school for children with special needs, and teachers from the school rushed to the scene to help first responders. Officials said the adults on the bus stayed with the students throughout the response.

Everett Police Chief Paul Strong and Everett Public Schools Superintendent William Hart said no serious injuries were reported. The crash happened near Encore Boston Harbor and caused traffic backups on Route 99, adding a commuter snarl to what was already a high-stakes emergency response. The cause remains under investigation.

The collision put a familiar school-transit hazard on display: a left-turn crossing at a busy corridor where road design, enforcement and driver behavior can each determine whether a routine ride ends safely. In this case, the bus was turning through the intersection when the sedan came from the other direction, a split-second conflict that left police to sort out whether speed, visibility or the layout of the street played the biggest role.

For Everett, the immediate outcome was far better than it could have been. Eleven students, including children from a therapeutic school, were inside the bus when the impact occurred. Nine were hospitalized as a precaution, but officials said the injuries were not serious, and the adults on board remained with the children as the scene was secured. The investigation will now have to determine how a school bus, a left turn and a fast-moving car converged at one of the city’s busier intersections.