3 dead, 15 injured after semi crashes into bus carrying students on Ohio highway
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A charter bus carrying students from a high school was rear-ended by a semitruck on an Ohio highway Tuesday, leaving three people dead and 15 others injured, according to an emergency official.
The charter bus was transporting students from a school in eastern Ohio, Licking County Emergency Management Agency Director Sean Grady said. There were a total of 57 people onboard, he said. Students from Tuscarawas Valley were traveling with chaperones to the Ohio School Boards Association conference, which was being held about 100 miles west in Columbus, according to Derek Varansky, the superintendent of the Tuscarawas Valley School District.
"I have devastating and heartbreaking news to report. Today, a charter bus carrying Tusky Valley students and chaperones on the way to the Ohio School Boards Association conference in Columbus was involved in a very serious accident. We understand from law enforcement that there may be multiple serious injuries and we are working to learn the details," wrote Varansky in a letter shared on social media Tuesday morning and addressed to the school community.
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