Charter bus carrying dozens of students plunges into Alabama ravine

[jpak]

Source: CBS News

LOXLEY, Ala. -- A charter bus carrying students home to Texas from a high school band trip to Disney World plunged into an Alabama ravine early Tuesday, and numerous children were being carried by helicopters to emergency rooms. According to CBS News affiliate WKRG-TV, one passenger was killed in the crash, and 12 to 20 others sustained injuries.

The bus was reportedly carrying at least 52 people.

"We have multiple injuries; the bus went down into a ravine," said Chris Elliott, a Baldwin County commissioner who helped out at the county emergency management center following the crash. "The fire department and officers are having to rappel down into the area to get into it."

Helicopters and ambulances took the injured to three hospitals in Mobile and Pensacola, Florida, plus a free-standing emergency room in rural Baldwin County, Elliott said.

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[femmocrat]

1. Wow.

Wonder if the driver fell asleep. Hope there are no more fatalities.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. It's too soon to speculate, so I'll go right ahead and do just that.

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“You are losing an hour of sleep, so while many of us think we are well rested, losing that extra hour does contribute to drowsy driving,” said Ragina Cooper Averella, with AAA Mid-Atlantic.

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[UpInArms]

3. Oh dear ...

That’s awful ... 😢😢😢

[Hortensis]

4. It looks like it plunged 30 feet mostly or entirely straight down

into a bridged ravine, looks like it impacted on one end before ending on a side. There are going to be some bad injuries.

[Igel]

5. Yeah, I won't share this with my family.

Our kid's leaving on his school-organized extra-curricular-activity-related trip tomorrow morning.

[Adrahil]

7. with ya... see below. NT

[Adrahil]

6. Didn't need to see that...

My daughter is heading to Disney on a band trip in a couple weeks!

[emmadoggy]

8. As is my niece.