Bus crash leaves one dead, 23 injured

[Libertas1776]

Source: The Meridian Star

Instead of engaging in the usual fellowship that follows Sunday morning worship services, members of two Meridian congregations went to the aid of passengers of an early morning church bus accident on Interstate 20 that left one dead.
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Shortly after 10 a.m., a 30-passenger church bus carrying a youth group from First Baptist Church in Shreveport, La., was headed eastbound when a tire blew near mile marker 160.
"Witnesses say the bus rolled three times," said Lauderdale County Coroner Clayton Cobler.
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A group of National Guard soldiers on the highway at the time of the accident "stopped and physically picked that bus up and put it back on its tires," Cobler said.
An 18-year-old male passenger was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. Three passengers were airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson – one from the accident scene and two from local hospitals.

Read more: http://www.meridianstar.com/local/local_story_194001228.html

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Absolutely tragic. I wouldn't care one iota if it was a Church group or a rock group. Nobody, especially someone so young, should lose their life in such a manner.

[valerief]

1. I wouldn't have happened if tires that don't need air were available. nt

[napi21]

2. It also probably wouldn't have happened if the bus had good tires on it!

Unless there was some foreign object on that interstate that hasn't been mentioned, good tires don't just blow out!