Children safe as missing US school bus found

A school bus with 11 children aboard disappeared in eastern Pennsylvania this morning and was found hours later in Maryland, its occupants unhurt, US authorities said.

The bus had picked up the students, aged six to 16, at Oley Valley High School in Oley, Pennsylvania, between 7.30am and 7.45am local time for the six mile trip to the Berks Christian School in Birdsboro.