(CNN) -- Five people were killed and seven injured Wednesday when a tanker truck collided with a school special needs van just west of Springfield, Ohio, according to a paramedic who treated some of the injured at the scene.
Paramedic Tom Freeman said all the dead were in the school vehicle.
The driver was the only person in the truck, and he was taken to a nearby hospital, said Lindsay Komlac, spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Public Safety.
The crash happened at about 12:40 p.m. Thursday
