School bus slides off road 7 students taken to hospital

School bus slides off road 7 students taken to hospital

A school bus exits the main entrance to Shoreham-Wading River High School Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, in Shoreham, N.Y. Authorities say Tom Cutinella, 16-year-old football player at the high school, died at a hospital the night before after suffering a head injury in an on-field collision during a game with John Glenn High School in Elwood, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

A school bus slid off a road and crashed into a tree in Mill Neck Thursday morning. Seven students on the bus were taken to the hospital as a precaution.

Police say the crash happened around 8:50 a.m. when the driver hit an icy patch.

The bus was taking the students to the Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf when the crash happened. The students are between 7 to 19 years of age.

(AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)