3 children, 2 adults die when Illinois school bus collides with tractor-trailer
All three children on a school bus were killed when it veered into oncoming traffic and collided with a tractor-trailer in western Illinois on Monday morning, authorities said.
All three children on a school bus were killed when it veered into oncoming traffic and collided with a tractor-trailer in western Illinois on Monday morning, authorities said.
The bus and truck drivers also died in the crash in the small city of Rushville, Illinois State Police said.
The dead were identified as Rushville residents Andrew Miller, 3; Noah Driscoll, 3; Maria Miller, 5; and Angela Spiker, 57; and Browning, Illinois, resident David Coufal, 72. Browning is about 14 miles east of Rushville.
The names, attributed to the Schuyler County Coroner's Office, were released by state police in a statement late Monday.
The vehicles were engulfed in flames, and there were no survivors, Capt. Jody Huffman said at an afternoon news conference.
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