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2 students dead and at least 7 others injured in Tennessee school bus crash
Two students died and seven were airlifted to hospitals after a collision involving a Kenwood Middle School bus, a dump truck, and a Chevrolet Trailblazer, officials said.
- On Friday, a Kenwood Middle School bus collided with a Tennessee Department of Transportation dump truck and a Chevrolet Trailblazer near Highway 70 in Carroll County, killing two students and injuring at least seven others.
- The bus carried 25 students and five adults traveling to Jackson, Tennessee, for a Green Power curriculum field trip when the crash occurred around noon on Friday.
- Emergency responders airlifted several patients to trauma centers in Nashville and Memphis, while four injured students were admitted to Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and listed in stable condition.
- Clarksville-Montgomery County School System officials contacted families of all passengers and directed them to a reunification site in Huntingdon, Tennessee, following the collision.
- Major Travis Plotzer of the Tennessee Highway Patrol confirmed an active investigation into the crash's cause, while State Rep. Aron Maberry urged the community to support those affected by the tragedy.
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Two students died and at least seven other people were injured on Friday in a school bus accident in West Tennessee, authorities said. The accident, involving a dump truck from Tennessee’s Department of Transportation, a Chevrolet Trailblazer and a school bus, occurred around noon on Highway 70 in Carroll County, reported Major Travis Plotzer, spokesman for Tennessee’s Highway Patrol. Plotzer indicated that the details of the accident were still…
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Two students were killed and at least seven other people were injured on Friday in a school bus crash in west Tennessee, officials said. The crash involving a Tennessee Department of Transportation dump truck, a Chevrolet Trailblazer, and the school bus took place at about noon on Highway 70 in...
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