These were the words from a teenage girl who was a passenger on the bus which crashed near Harden on Friday morning.

The teenager, who did not wish to be named, was among 28 people injured in the crash which occurred near the Demondrille Creek Bridge west of Harden at 8.30am.

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The girl, who is aged approximately 15 years old, was taken to Murrumburrah-Harden Health Service with minor injuries following the crash before being discharged mid-afternoon.

She spoke to Australian Community Media outside the hospital and described the terrifying scenes on board the bus.

"I was trying to sleep, but then I heard this sound like a crash and then I thought it would go back to normal but it didn't," she said.

"Then we stopped at the bottom of the road and I got up to check on my baby sister, she was fine but everyone was screaming.

"[I] thought it was a dream first of all, then I needed to get out because I couldn't breathe in there."

The teenager said a young couple who were seated behind her broke one of the bus windows to help her and some younger children get out.

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"I was speechless when I saw the bus after we got out. Some of the kids just prayed," she said.

Following the crash, 24 people were transported to Harden hospital while another two arrived there on foot; two injured people were airlifted to Canberra Hospital.

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