More than two dozen students in hospital after school bus crash in Bacchus Marsh

More than two dozen school children are in hospital after a horror crash on their way to a space camp in the United States.

A truck collided with the school bus, carrying 27 students from Loreto College in Ballarat, which was travelling to Melbourne Airport.

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The bus rolled down an embankment near the intersection of Condons Lane at about 3.15am.

A teenage girl and a man have been airlifted to hospital.

A second teenage girl has been taken to the Royal Children’s Hospital with serious injuries.

A woman in her 40s and a man in his 50s have also been taken to hospital in serious but stable conditions.

More than 30 people were assessed by paramedics at the scene. Almost two dozen have been taken to hospital.

All Melbourne-bound lanes on the Western Highway are expected to remain closed for several hours.

Concerned parents are being instructed to call Ballarat Police Station on 5336 6000, and are asked not to attend the scene.

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