Five dead and five injured in horror school bus crash in Arkansas

Bevan Hurley
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(The Independent)
(The Independent)

Five people were killed and five others injured when a tractor-trailer collided with a passenger bus in Arkansas on Monday, authorities say.

The crash occurred at 2.45pm as a bus transporting adult students from the C.B. King Memorial School attempted to turn on an intersection of the US 65 Highway in Chicot County, according to a preliminary report from the Arkansas State Police.

Driver Susan Kennedy, 47, was trying to turn across southbound lanes of the highway when her vehicle was struck by a Freightliner semi truck.

The five victims were connected to the C.B. King Memorial School which provides special education services for adults.

Police said the names of the victims were: Tommy Figures, 50, of Dermott; Brayshawn Ranson, 19, of Dermott; Geraldine Prewitt, 73, of McGehee; Terry King, 56, of Dermott; and Regina Jackson, 65, of Dermott.

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