Eleven children, three adults hurt in two bus crashes Wednesday morning

Eleven children and three adults were hurt Wednesday morning in two separate Philadelphia bus crashes, authorities said.

Ten children in Northeast Philadelphia were taken to hospitals for minor injuries after their school bus struck a parked SUV, resulting in a chain reaction with three more parked vehicles, police said.

The bus was carrying 22 students.

Police were also investigating an unrelated school bus crash in Southwest Philadelphia, they said. Preliminary information indicated that that bus was not transporting students, but that one child was taken to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and three adults were taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, police said.

The Northeast crash happened about 8:15 a.m. in the 2000 block of Lott Street at Hoff Street in Bustleton, police said.

A law enforcement source said investigators determined that the accident would warrant no criminal charges or traffic violations.

The source said investigators would continue to look into what caused the driver of the bus to lose control, and added that the driver's bag may have gotten in his way.

The children were treated at area hospitals for minor injuries, mainly bumps, bruises and complaints of pain, police said.

Three vehicles were involved in the 7:09 a.m. Southwest crash on the 7700 block of Lindberg Avenue, police said - the bus and two cars.