Bus Crash Sends 19 Children To Hospital
No One Severely Hurt In Clay County Wreck
POSTED: 4:14 pm CDT May 14,
2009
UPDATED: 6:42 pm CDT May 14,
2009
CELINA, Tenn. -- Nineteen children were taken to the hospital after a school bus and van were involved in a crash Thursday afternoon in Clay County, according to the county Emergency Management Agency director.
Emergency crews from six different counties -- Macon, Jackson, Putnam, Overton, Smith and Monroe Ky. -- responded after a van slammed into the back of a bus on Highway 53, said Clay County EMA Director Natalie Boone.The bus was carrying children from Clay County High School and Celina Elementary.Boone said no one suffered critical injuries.All of the injured were taken to either Cumberland River Hospital or Livingston Regional Hospital.
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