Seven people were killed and 37 others were 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, according to Mississippi Highway Patrol. The co-driver was not transported to a hospital.
The 2018 Volvo commercial passenger bus was driving westbound on Interstate 20 when it drove off the road Saturday just before 1 a.m. local time.
First responders are shown at the scene of a bus crash in Warren County, Mississippi, on Aug. 31, 2024.
WAPT via AP
The crash is being investigated by the MHP and the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division.
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In this screen grab from a video, a bus is shown after it crashed in Warren County, Mississippi, on Aug. 31, 2024.
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In this screen grab from a video, a bus is shown after it crashed in Warren County, Mississippi, on Aug. 31, 2024.
WAPT
Among those killed in the crash on westbound Interstate 20 were a 6-year-old and a 16-year-old.
Four men and three women died in the crash, Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey told WAPT.