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18 in hospital after school bus collision in US

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 26 May, 2023 01:22 PM
  • 18 in hospital after school bus collision in US

Eighteen people are in hospital after a school bus collided with a tanker truck in South Carolina.

Most of the injured were children from an area high school, as well as one adult.

The bus was carrying 36 passengers when it collided with the tanker at about 4 p-m at an intersection in Lexington County.

There was no immediate information on their conditions or the cause of the crash.

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