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TN School Bus Crash Victims Honored at Go-Kart Race They Were to Attend

On Saturday, participants at a Greenpower USA event in Jackson, Tennessee, honored two students killed in a bus crash while traveling to the competition.
The students were among 25 aboard a Montgomery County, Tenn., school bus traveling to the event on March 27 when it crashed, involving a Chevrolet Trailblazer and a Tennessee Department of Transportation dump truck.
As a tribute, many racing cars displayed the numbers 52 and 72—the registered Greenpower circuit numbers for Kenwood Middle School's two entries—alongside a memorial in the team's pit space where attendees left messages of support.
Greenpower USA Executive Director Drew Sparks called it a "devastating 24 hours," telling students, "Students, I want you to know you're part of a big family." Counselors provided support for those injured in the crash.
The crash remains under investigation while the Greenpower USA STEM program event proceeds, challenging middle and high school students to build and race electric vehicles.

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