1 Dead, Up to 40 Hurt in Ky. Bus Crash
By KRISTIN M. HALL
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A bus crashed on Interstate 65 in southern Kentucky early Monday, killing one person and injuring as many as 40 others, a coroner said.
The bus had been rented by a family returning to Alabama from a reunion in Buffalo, N.Y., said Clarence Williams, president of C & R Tours.
Warren County Coroner Kevin Kirby said the crash happened about 4:20 a.m. EDT.
Hours later, children’s luggage could be seen scattered around the bus, which was crushed in the front against a concrete overpass abutment.
The bus crashed near the 42-mile marker, Kentucky State Police dispatcher Daniel Priddy said. He could not immediately provide other details.
Ambulances and medical helicopters responded to the scene near the Cumberland Parkway interchange, about 20 miles east of Bowling Green.