Huntingdon, Tennessee
A school bus crash in west Tennessee on Friday killed two students and injured at least seven other people, officers mentioned.
The crash involving a Tennessee Department of Transportation dump truck, a Chevrolet Trailblazer and the school bus befell at about midday on Highway 70 in Carroll County, mentioned Maj. Travis Plotzer, a spokesperson for the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Plotzer mentioned particulars of the crash had been nonetheless being sorted out, but it surely appeared that the transportation division dump truck didn’t contribute to the crash itself.
Plotzer mentioned there have been a complete of 25 students and 5 adults on the bus. The school bus was carrying students and workers from Kenwood Middle School in Clarksville for a discipline journey to Jackson, Tennessee, the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System mentioned in an announcement. The explanation for the crash was below investigation.
Plotzer introduced the deaths of two students in the crash throughout a information convention. Officials mentioned at least seven other people had been taken by air ambulance to hospitals in Tennessee. The nature of their injures was not instantly disclosed. Plotzer referred to as the crash “a parent’s worst nightmare.”
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The school’s principal, Karen Miller, mentioned counselors shall be out there beginning Monday. In a written message to households shared on Facebook, she referred to as the crash an unimaginable tragedy and inspired dad and mom to be attentive to their baby’s emotional wants as they course of the deaths of their classmates.
“Please continue to pray with us for our students, families, faculty, and staff,” Miller wrote. “I am grateful for the strength of our Kenwood community, and I trust we will all support each other during this difficult time.”
Four people had been taken to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville and had been in secure situation Friday, in keeping with a Vanderbilt Health spokesperson.
Another 19 people had been taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County, mentioned Kim Alexander, a spokesperson for Baptist Memorial Health Care. All had been evaluated and launched, although it was unclear what number of truly had been injured, she mentioned.