‘Processing and healing’: Utah school cancels final exams after 19 students hospitalized in school bus crash

Authorities suspect the driver of the pickup that clipped the first bus and hit the second head-on was fatigued.

(Utah Highway Patrol) Two buses carrying students from Wasatch Academy were hit by a pickup truck in Mt. Pleasant, Utah, on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025.

(Utah Highway Patrol) Two buses carrying students from Wasatch Academy were hit by a pickup truck in Mt. Pleasant, Utah, on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025.

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