Separate crashes involving a school bus and a big rig caused injuries and lengthy traffic backups Monday morning on Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The California Highway Patrol said a semi-truck was traveling north on Highway 17 just after 11 a.

At least 1 person is injured following a crash between at least two vehicles plus a school bus from Cupertino in Santa Cruz County on Monday, the California Highway Patrol said.

A Cupertino school bus carrying as many as 30 children was reportedly rear-ended on Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County late Monday morning. The California Highway Patrol said the crash resulted in minor injuries,

A child was hospitalized after being hit by a car in the Villages at Rancho El Dorado neighborhood this afternoon. It was the second of two crashes in a half hour.

Two kids are in the hospital after a bus crashed into a playground in south Minneapolis Monday afternoon, according to police.

Two children at a south Minneapolis playground were hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening after a school bus crashed into them Monday afternoon. Police said the bus was traveling on 60th Street W.