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School bus flips in central Florida crash, killing two including 10th grade girl
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School bus flips in central Florida crash, killing two including 10th grade girl

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  • A school bus flipped onto its roof during a multivehicle crash in central Florida on Monday morning, killing two people including a 10th grade girl and injuring several others.
  • The bus, carrying 39 people en route to Winter Haven High School, was struck by an oncoming car that crossed the center line, causing it to hit a jeep that caught fire, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.

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The crash occurred on a Winter Haven road shortly after 6am local time on Monday morning. The school bus was en route to Winter Haven High School with 39 people on board when an oncoming car crossed the center line.

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A school bus flipped over onto its roof during a multivehicle crash in central Florida on Monday morning, killing two people – including a 10th grade girl – and injuring several others, authorities said.

Some 39 people were on the school bus that was headed to Winter Haven High School in Winter Haven when an oncoming car crossed the centre line and caused the crash, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said at a news conference.

“It was a horrible crash,” Judd said. “It was a terrible, tragic morning. We had a beautiful 10th grade girl lose her life.”

The bus had been travelling along a Winter Haven road shortly after 6am local time when an oncoming car crossed the centre line and crashed into the side of the bus near the rear wheels, Judd said. The impact ripped the tyre off the bus and caused it to crash head-on into an oncoming jeep, which caught on fire.

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This article was originally published by SCMP Economy.

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