7 dead, 37 injured after bus runs off road, overturns in Mississippi.

7 dead, 37 injured after bus runs off road, overturns in Mississippi

The bus crashed on Saturday just before 1 a.m. local time.

Seven people were killed and 37 others were injured after a bus ran off a road and overturned in Mississippi.

Six people were pronounced dead at the scene and one person died at Merit Heath Hospital in Vicksburg, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol. The co-driver was not transported to a hospital.

The 2018 Volvo commercial passenger bus was driving westbound on Interstate 20 when it drove off the road Saturday just before 1 a.m. local time.

First responders are shown at the scene of a bus crash in Warren County, Mississippi, on Aug. 31, 2024.WAPT via AP

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Among those killed in the crash on westbound Interstate 20 were a 6-year-old and a 16-year-old, Warren County coroner Doug Huskey confirmed.

Four men and three women died in the crash, Huskey told ABC affiliate WAPT in Jackson, Mississippi,

In this screen grab from a video, a bus is shown after it crashed in Warren County, Mississippi, on Aug. 31, 2024.WAPT
In this screen grab from a video, a bus is shown after it crashed in Warren County, Mississippi, on Aug. 31, 2024.WAPT

The crash is being investigated by the MHP and the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division.

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