On Wednesday afternoon, April 6, 2016, Collinsville Community Unit School District #10 was notified by First Student Bus Company that Hwy. 162 between 159 and 157 is closed due to a gas explosion. We have confirmed with the Maryville Police Department that the road will be closed to vehicular traffic indefinitely.
School buses carrying students to neighborhoods in that area were intercepted and students living in the impacted area are being kept at their respective school buildings: Maryville Elementary, Dorris Intermediate School, Collinsville Middle School and Collinsville High School.
Building principals are contacting families of the students involved. Parents or authorized individuals can pick-up the children at their schools.
Dr. Robert Green, superintendent of Unit 10, wants to assure all parents that students are safe and secure and being supervised by school staff members until they can be picked up.