CHESTER COUNTY, S.C. — No less than one individual is lifeless after a college bus blew a tire on a South Carolina freeway and overturned, officers mentioned.
The collision occurred Thursday afternoon on Interstate 77 in Chester County. The bus was carrying college students from Pine Ridge Center Faculty again from a subject journey exterior Charlotte, North Carolina, college officers mentioned.
There have been three adults and roughly 35 college students on the bus, based on the college district, Lexington Faculty District Two, in an announcement to ABC Information’ Charlotte affiliate WSOC.
A spokesperson for the Chester County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned there have been “a number of accidents” within the crash, however that there isn’t a confirmed quantity or info on the character of the accidents at the moment. The victims had been transported to a number of hospitals.
One occupant of the bus died, based on South Carolina Freeway Patrol Sgt. Tyler Tidwell, who didn’t present any extra particulars on the fatality.
The crash was reported round 1:47 p.m., the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
The bus was touring southbound on I-77 when it “traveled off of the street to the suitable, struck a guard rail and overturned,” Tidwell mentioned.
Footage from the scene exhibits the college bus overturned, with a part of the bus on high of a guardrail.
A number of businesses, emergency responders and college personnel had been on the scene, and a few college students had been transported for additional analysis, college officers mentioned.
The bus was the one car concerned within the incident, Tidwell mentioned.
The South Carolina Freeway Patrol is investigating the collision.
Two extra buses that had been touring again from the sector journey weren’t concerned, the college district mentioned.
“Right this moment’s college bus accident in Chester County is a tragedy no household ought to ever must endure,” South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster mentioned in an announcement. “Please be a part of us in praying for the sufferer, their household, a speedy restoration for these injured, and the whole Lexington Two group. All of South Carolina is with you.”
ABC Information’ Victoria Arancio contributed to this report.
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