Report: Bus carrying youth football players crashes, killing 1, injuring 40
By SDS Staff
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Tragic news to report this morning.
According to local CBS reports, a charter bus carrying a youth football team has crashed in Arkansas leaving at least one child dead and 40 others — mostly kids — injured.
The youth football team was playing a championship game over the weekend and was headed home when the bus crashed just west of Benton, Arkansas. The bus was traveling from North Texas back home to Memphis when it left the roadway around 2:40 a.m., went down an embankment and overturned multiple times, according to reports.
The cause of the crash remains unknown, and the driver is being questioned by law enforcement, per reports.
FOX13Memphis reporter Alexa Lorenzo shared a devastating photo of the crash site:
BREAKING: 1 child is dead and 40 others are injured after a Memphis youth football team bus crash. Arkansas state police say the bus was on I-30, West of Benton, when it left the roadway and overturned. The bus driver is being questioned by state troopers. @FOX13Memphis pic.twitter.com/yXtWlZSLwK
— Alexa Lorenzo (@ALorenzoFOX13) December 3, 2018
Isabella Moller of KARK4News has the latest update from the scene:
WATCH: @imollertv's 6:45 a.m. update from the scene of the deadly charter bus crash in Saline County, Arkansas. #ARNews pic.twitter.com/Dbc4Cr5etc
— Austin Kellerman (@AustinKellerman) December 3, 2018
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