Seven people were killed and 37 others injured after a bus ran off a road and overturned in Mississippi.
Six people were pronounced dead at the scene and one person died at Merit Heath Hospital in Vicksburg, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol. The driver was not taken to hospital.
The 2018 Volvo commercial passenger bus was westbound on Interstate 20 when it veered off the road Saturday just before 1 a.m. local time.
First responders are seen at the scene of a bus crash in Warren County, Mississippi, on August 31, 2024.
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Among those killed in the crash on westbound Interstate 20 were a 6-year-old and a 16-year-old, Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey confirmed.
Four men and three women died in the crash, Huskey told the ABC affiliate told WAPT in Jackson, Mississippi.
This screen shot from a video shows a bus after it crashed in Warren County, Mississippi, on August 31, 2024.
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This screen shot from a video shows a bus after it crashed in Warren County, Mississippi, on August 31, 2024.
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The crash is being investigated by MHP and Commercial Transport Enforcement Department.