At least three people were killed and 15 others injured after a semi-trailer collided with a bus on Interstate 70 West in Licking County, Ohio on Tuesday morning (November 14).
According to the Associated Press, the truck rear-ended the charter bus carrying students and chaperones from the Tuscarawas Valley Local School District in eastern Ohio shortly after 09:00 local time.
The bus was bound for an Ohio School Boards Association conference in Columbus when the crash happened.
"Right now, our focus is on getting in touch with our Tusky Valley families who had loved ones on the bus and providing support to our entire school community," Tuscarawas Valley Local School District superintendent Derek Varansky said in a Facebook post.
Licking County Emergency Management Agency director Sean Grady confirmed to NBC's Columbus affiliate WCMH the number of the dead and injured in the accident.
A total of 57 people were onboard, he added.
The injured were taken to hospitals in the area, but their conditions were not immediately clear.
I-70 was closed eastbound at State Route 310 and westbound at State Route 158 near Kirkersville. Traffic was being forced to exit, with US 40 running parallel to I-70 between the two exits.
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