Arkansas charter bus crash: One child dead
A child died and at least 45 other people, mostly children, were reported injured when a bus carrying a youth football team from a championship game crashed in Arkansas early Monday, police said.
The crash was reported at 2:40 a.m. Monday (3:40 a.m. ET) after the charter bus left the roadway and overturned west of the city of Benton along Interstate 30, Arkansas State Police said.
The charter bus was carrying a youth football team headed back from a championship game in Dallas, Texas, over the weekend, police said.
The charter bus was traveling from Texas to Memphis, Tennessee, police said.
The driver of the bus survived the crash and said in an initial statement that she lost control, causing it to roll off the interstate, police said. The bus was owned by the Tennessee based Scott Shuttle Service company.
State police said the injured were transported to local hospitals.
A spokesperson from the Arkansas Children’s Hospital said they had received more than 20 patients. The hospital was not releasing the conditions of the patients out of concern for their families, the spokesperson said.
