Students taken to the hospital after school bus accident in Lincoln

A multi-car accident involving a school bus this afternoon on Route 2 Westbound at Bedford Rd. sent fourteen people to the hospital, including nine students.
A Mass Casualty Incident was declared by the Fire Department commander at the scene, which is done whenever there are more injured people then there are available ambulances. The children on the bus suffered only minor injuries, and a second school bus was utilized to transport them to Emerson Hospital for evaluation and treatment. The condition of the other five injured is unknown.