WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following press release:

4/23/2026

​The school bus at its final rest position across the roadway.(Source: West Virginia State Police).​​

​​WASHINGTON (April 23, 2026) - The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that a school bus driver's alcohol impairment caused a rollover crash in Millstone, West Virginia, that seriously injured three students and underscored the need for alcohol detection systems and passenger lap/shoulder belts on school buses.

On March 4, 2024, a school bus carrying 19 students on State Highway 16 near Millstone, West Virginia, departed the right side of the roadway, returned to the roadway and rol...