Three Killed After Charter Bus Carrying Students Crashes

An emergency official said a charter bus carrying students from a high school was rear-ended by a semi-truck on an Ohio highway, leaving three people dead and 15 others injured.

Licking County Emergency Management Agency Director Sean Grady says the charter bus was transporting students from from the Tuscarawas Valley Local School District in eastern Ohio. There were a total of 57 people onboard. The accident occurred shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 70 West in Licking County, near State Route 310. The cause wasn’t immediately known.

The injured were being treated at five hospitals.

The Ohio Department of Transportation is reporting that a portion of Interstate 70 is closed in both directions in Licking County near the accident scene. They are asking motorists to use an alternate route to avoid delays. It’s unknown when the roadway will reopen.

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