This is an unedited, library/archive copy of a story that appeared in the CNN web site on July 1, 2001.

July 1, 2001 Posted: 10:49 AM EDT (1449 GMT)

Five passengers were ejected when the bus rolled onto its side on a rain-slicked road

FAIRPLAY, Colorado (CNN) -- A Christian ministry tour bus carrying about 45 people from a high school rolled onto its side on a slick, windy Colorado road Saturday, ejecting five passengers and injuring 30 others, some of them critically.

No one was killed.

The accident occurred at 3:50 p.m. (5:50 p.m. EDT) on Highway 2855 at Kenosha Pass, about 50 miles southwest of Denver, said Robert Leyba, with the State Highway Patrol.

Motorists driving by the scene stopped and pulled students and their adult chaperones from the bus, said Sgt. Martin Petrick of the highway patrol. Petrick said there was a drizzling rain at the time of the accident and the driver was moderately injured.

Aerial video showed the bus on its side off the sharpest part of the curve.

The bus was carrying a group of students and adults from a high school in Burnsville, Minnesota, to Frontier Ranch in Buena Vista, Colorado. The camp is owned by Young Life, a Christian youth ministry, according to its Web site.

Authorities closed the high mountain road as ambulances, police and sheriff cruisers converged on the area. Helicopters took the injured to hospitals in Denver, Colorado Springs and Englewood.

A 16-year-old girl and 27-year-old man were in serious condition at St. Anthony Central Hospital in Denver, a spokeswoman said. Two other females, 18- and 17-years-old, were in fair condition.

A 17-year-old boy was in critical condition with internal injuries at the Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, a spokeswoman said. Two other victims were in stable condition at the hospital.

At Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, 13 people were treated and released, and one was admitted in stable condition.

Leyba said he didn't know what caused the accident. "First we'll make sure we treat everyone and then we'll get into the investigation," he said.