One person was transported to the hospital after a two-vehicle crash involving a passenger vehicle and a school bus at Altenburg Road and Shields Road near Harvard Wednesday afternoon. | Photo: HFPD

One person was transported to the hospital but no students were injured after a crash involving a school bus and a minivan near Harvard, fire officials said.

The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and Harvard Fire Protection District responded around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday to Altenburg Road and Shields Road in unincorporated Harvard.

Harvard Fire Protection District Communication Specialist Alex Vucha said crews received a call for a crash involving a school bus.

Firefighters arrived a short time later and found a two-vehicle crash involving a school bus and a passenger vehicle.

Firefighters and paramedics assessed a total of 14 people, including eight from the school bus and six from the white minivan, Vucha said.

One person was transported to the hospital after a two-vehicle crash involving a passenger vehicle and a school bus at Altenburg Road and Shields Road near Harvard Wednesday afternoon. | Photo: HFPD

One passenger in the white minivan was transported to Mercyhealth Harvard Hospital with minor injuries.

Vucha said he did not know if the person injured was an adult or a juvenile.

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No other injuries were reported. It is unclear which vehicle caused the crash.

The bus suffered very minor damage while the minivan sustained moderate front-end damage.

All students were safely transferred to a secondary school bus and were released from the scene, Vucha said.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office.