1 child killed, 45 injured when charter bus carrying youth football team crashes
1 child killed, 45 injured when charter bus carrying youth football team crashes
A child was killed and at least 45 other passengers, most of them children, were injured when a charter bus carrying a youth all-star football team skidded off a highway in Arkansas early Monday and overturned, authorities said.
The driver, who survived the wreck, told Arkansas State Police that she lost control of the bus on Interstate 30 near Benton, Arkansas.
The crash occurred about 2:40 a.m. and Arkansas State Police said some of the injured were found trapped inside the bus.
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The white charter bus was carrying a youth all-star football team from Memphis, Tennessee, that had played in a championship game on Sunday in Dallas, officials said.
The bus was traveling from Texas to Memphis, Tennessee, when it went off the highway, down an embankment and overturned several times, the Arkansas State Police said.
INVESTIGATION CONTINUING IN FATAL CRASH INVOLVING YOUTH FOOTBALL TEAM
— AR State Police (@ARStatePolice) December 3, 2018
An initial statement from the driver of a charter bus that crashed earlier today indicates she lost control of the vehicle causing it to roll off Interstate 30 west of Benton....https://t.co/jxiRoYRJmG pic.twitter.com/Ht13w3e250
The injured children, who range in age from 8 to 13, were taken to hospitals in nearby Benton and Little Rock, police said. There were also adult coaches and chaperones on the bus who were hurt, police said.
KATVFATAL BUS CRASH: the Red Cross just got to the scene of the charter bus crash. One child has died, 40 others injured at exit 111 on EB i30. pic.twitter.com/Bk63uVh8eX
— Kaila Lafferty (@KATVKaila) December 3, 2018
At least 20 patients were being treated at the Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock and three people were in critical condition.
Another 13 patients were treated for minor injuries at Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton and released, according to a hospital spokeswoman. Two patients were airlifted to the hospital, officials said.
Other patients were treated at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock.
Nickalous Manning, superintendent of Aspire Public Schools in Memphis, said the child who died was from his school district. He said three other students from his school district were also aboard the bus.
"This is a difficult time for all of us and we will have counselors available for our students and staff," Manning said in a statement.
State police said the driver told investigators she lost control of the bus but it was not immediately clear what caused her to lose control.
Asked if driver fatigue could have played a role in the crash, a state police official told ABC News that investigators "are taking into consideration all potential contributing factors that may have played a role in causing the bus to leave the roadway."
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said the children on the bus participated in a youth sports association in the Orange Mound neighborhood in southeast Memphis.
"On behalf of all Memphians, our hearts and prayers go out to the Orange Mound children and their families involved in this morning’s tragic bus accident in Arkansas," Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland tweeted Monday.
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