Several Australian Defence Force Academy staff and students were seriously injured on Saturday travelling in a bus which rolled over near Goulburn.
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Two people with serious injuries were airlifted to Canberra Hospital and third to Liverpool Hospital from the crash scene on Sandy Point Road at Windellama, about 50 km east of Goulburn.
The rollover occurred as the bus was rounding a right hand bend approaching the Miller Rd intersection shortly after 10am on Saturday.
Police from The Hume Local Area Command, Fire & Rescue NSW, and Rural Fire Service (RFA) attended the scene as well as two helicopters and multiple ambulances.
The bus was one of four travelling in a convoy and was carrying 50 passengers including staff, cadets and midshipmen.
NSW Ambulance assed 23 passengers at the crash and NSW Police confirmed 12 had been hospitalised.
The bus driver was taken to hospital for mandatory blood and urine tests while officers from the NSW Traffic and Highway Patrol's Crash Investigation Unit examined the scene.
Police from The Hume Local Area Command, Fire & Rescue NSW, and Rural Fire Service (RFA) attended the scene as well as two helicopters and multiple ambulances.
While police inquiries are ongoing, the Defence Department issued a statement indicating staff had been notifying the families of members involved in the accident and would be providing support and assistance.
