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6 dead in Chattanooga school bus crash;6 in intensive care

6 years 3 months 4 weeks ago Tuesday, November 22 2016 Nov 22, 2016 November 22, 2016 9:00 AM November 22, 2016 in News
Source: Associated Press
By: APNewsNow
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Kirk Kelly, the interim superintendent of Hamilton County Schools, says there are six students in intensive care Tuesday morning and six others still hospitalized after a school bus crash in Chattanooga that killed six children.

Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke says the city is in mourning.

The bus driver, 24-year-old Johnthony Walker, was arrested and has been charged with five counts of vehicular homicide, along with reckless driving and reckless endangerment.

Thirty-five students from kindergarten through fifth grade were on board Monday afternoon when the bus flipped onto its side and wrapped around a tree.

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