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Tragic Bus Plunges Into River Killing 23 Children
A loaded school bus struck a wrecker and an auto on U S 23 and fell into a rain swollen river near Prestonsburg Kentucky Eleven survivors describe the scene as rescuers searched the 30 foot depths. Police say a 15 year old boy escaped and pulled others to safety. The driver was killed along with 22 students on board and nine missing were believed drowned. The National Safety Council called it the worst highway accident involving children in U S history.
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Prestonsburg
National Safety Council
Levisa
Big Sandy River
U. S. 23
David Wright
Wright
William Leedy
Donald L. Horn
Martha Otis Burchett
Isaac Vanderpool
John Alex Derossett
Derossett
Cow Creek
Floyd County
Kentucky
Huntington
W. Va
Prestonsburg High School
James V. Bolen