• March 28, 2024

Elementary Bus Crashes..At least Six Reported Dead

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A school bus crashed in Chattanooga late this afternoon after it crashed with a tree and flipped over.  Six people are confirmed dead.  Twenty three other children have been taken to the hospital to be treated for their injuries.

In a news conference Monday, Assistant Chief Tracy Arnold said there were 35 schoolchildren on the bus, and the ages of the students ranged from kindergarten through fifth grade. The students were from Woodmore Elementary School.

Rescue crews worked until after dark. Nearly an hour after the crash, two bloodied students were on stretchers in a nearby front yard, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported. Others who did not go to the hospital walked away clutching their parents’ hands, the Times Free Press reported.

Images posted on social media also showed interim Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Kirk Kelly racing to the scene of the crash.

And blood donors rushed to Blood Assurance in downtown Chattanooga, where marketing coordinator Mindy Quinn said there was a line out the door.

While multiple Blood Assurance locations will stay open late until 7 p.m. Monday, Quinn asked those who would like to donate blood for the injured children to keep coming back in the following days.

“This is something where we’re going to have a need past this evening,” Quinn said.

Multiple fatalities are involved in this bus crash. However, contrary to media reports, no firm numbers have been confirmed yet.

Gov. Bill Haslam told reporters that it was a “tragic event.”

“From the state, obviously we’re going to do everything we can to assist in any way. Details are still emerging.”

 

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