1 Killed, Over 40 Hurt When Arkansas Bus Carrying Youth Football Team Overturns

December 03, 2018

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Arkansas Bus Crash Kills 1, Injures At Least 40 Others

A horrific bus crash in Arkansas has claimed at least one life. State police are reporting that one person is dead and over 40 were wounded when a charter bus overturned on Interstate 30. So far, there’s no word on what caused the crash. The bus driver survived and is being questioned by police.

Details are still skimpy, but WHBQ reports that the students were from the Orange Mound Youth Association’s football team which had attended an All-Star game in Dallas, Texas. The injured children range in age from 8-12 years old.

A fatal charter bus crash is under investigation in Arkansas, where one child has died and at least 40 others—most of them children—have been injured. The charter bus, carrying a youth football team, was traveling from Texas to Memphis, when it overturned. https://t.co/pz8KXnV2ue pic.twitter.com/ZORDavoY3V

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