A charter bus carrying high school students was rear-ended by a truck on an Ohio highway Tuesday morning, leaving three people dead and 15 others injured, according to an emergency official.
The charter bus was transporting students from the Tuscarawas Valley Local School District in eastern Ohio, Licking County Emergency Management Agency Director Sean Grady said.
There were a total of 57 people on board, he said.
The bus was transporting Tuscarawas Valley students and chaperones to an Ohio School Boards Association conference in Columbus, Superintendent Derek Varansky said.
“Right now, our focus is on reaching out to our Tusky Valley families who had loved ones on the bus and providing support to our entire school community,” Varansky said in a Facebook post.
Three people were killed and 15 others were injured after a deadly crash on an Ohio highway, according to emergency officials. A charter bus carrying high school students was rear-ended by a truck on an Ohio highway Tuesday morning.
The crash occurred shortly before 9 a.m. on Interstate 70 West in Licking County, near the Smoke Road underpass and about 26 miles (42 kilometers) east of Columbus.
The cause was not immediately known.
The injured were being treated in five hospitals.
Of the 57 people aboard the charter bus, three died and another 15 were injured. The bus was transporting Tuscarawas Valley students and chaperones to an Ohio School Boards Association conference in Columbus, Superintendent Derek Varansky said.AP
The American Red Cross of Central and Southern Ohio said it fulfilled a request for more blood from a hospital in the area, sending 30 units to a hospital in the Mount Carmel Health System, said Marita Salkowski, regional communications director.
A center was set up at a United Methodist Church in Etna so bus passengers who don’t need medical care can come and contact their loved ones, he said.
Numerous emergency responders were at the scene and Ohio Department of Transportation cameras from the area showed smoke billowing from the crash site.
The cause of the accident was not immediately known.AP
The highway was closed in both directions and numerous traffic delays were reported.
Mickey Lymon, an investigator with the Licking County Coroner’s Office, said they had been called to the scene, but deferred other questions to state police.
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