NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Emergency personnel and officers with the Metro Nashville Police Department responded to a crash involving a school bus in West Nashville Wednesday morning.

The crash happened around 6:30 a.m. on Briley Pkwy South near Centennial Blvd.

A spokesperson for Metro Nashville Public Schools confirmed that three Hillsboro High School students were on the school bus when the driver crashed into the median wall on Briley Pkwy. According to MNPS, one student was injured and taken to Monroe Carell Jr. at Vanderbilt for evaluation. He was transported to Children’s Hospital.

MNPS said the school bus driver and monitor were injured in the crash and required treatment. Both were transported to the hospital.

All southbound lanes of Briley Pkwy. It was closed to allow emergency crews to treat the injured driver and cleanup crews to remove debris. Drivers are being directed off the highway at Centennial Boulevard. but with traffic backed up to Clarksville Pike, commuters are asked to find alternative routes.

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