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A tourist bus carrying 27 British nationals crashed down a ravine on La Gomera in Spain’s Canary Islands, killing a 77-year-old British man and injuring 27 others (three seriously). The injured were airlifted to a local hospital, and a Spanish Civil Guard investigation has been launched into the crash, with the operator saying the passengers were returning to the UK when it happened.
Two Kenwood Middle School students died and at least seven others were critically injured when a school bus on a field trip collided with a Trailblazer and a TDOT dump truck on Highway 70 in Carroll County. The bus carried 25 students and five adults; the driver was severely injured. The TDOT truck wasn’t at fault, and the Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating. The bus was en route to Jackson for a Toyota Hub City Grand Prix/Greenpower USA race. In Clarksville, counselors will be available at Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools and vigils are planned for Monday as the community prays for those affected, with Governor Bill Lee also weighing in.
A field-trip bus carrying Kenwood Middle School students and staff in Carroll County, Tennessee, collided with a Tennessee Department of Transportation dump truck and a Chevrolet Trailblazer on Highway 70. Two students were killed and at least seven others were injured; 25 students and 5 adults were on the bus. Some victims were transported by air ambulance to area hospitals and others were treated and released as investigators determine the cause; counselors will assist families and the school community.
A Kenwood Middle School bus carrying around two dozen students and staff returning from a Jackson field trip collided with a TDOT dump truck and a Trailblazer in Carroll County, killing two students at the scene and injuring several others. About 25 students and five adults were on the bus; seven helicopters and multiple ambulances evacuated victims to hospitals in Memphis, Nashville, and nearby facilities. The TDOT truck does not appear to be at fault, and authorities are continuing the investigation. The driver and some students were reported in critical or serious condition at various times as updates followed.
Two Clarksville-Montgomery County students were killed and at least seven others injured when a Kenwood Middle School field-trip bus crashed in Carroll County, Tennessee, en route to Jackson; the bus carried 25 students and five adults, and the crash also involved a TDOT dump truck and a Chevrolet Trailblazer. The Tennessee Highway Patrol is leading the investigation as responders work on scene and families are notified, with officials and Governor Bill Lee offering prayers.
A 24-year-old British man is among 19 people killed when a tourist bus fell about 200 meters (roughly 650 feet) onto the bank of the Trishuli River in Nepal’s Dhading district; 44 were onboard and 25 were injured. The bus was travelling from Pokhara to Kathmandu. Nepal’s Home Ministry has formed a task force to investigate the crash, and the UK Foreign Office is supporting the victim’s family.
A passenger bus plunged 200 metres down a steep mountainside in Nepal, killing 19 people and injuring about 25 of the 44 onboard; among the dead is British hiker Dominic Ethan Stewart, who had recently completed the Annapurna Circuit, while investigators review road safety amid challenging rescue operations in a remote area.
A bus returning from a religious festival in Alagoas state veered off a curve, overturned, and killed at least 16 people (including four children) with about 60 passengers onboard; survivors, including a seriously injured child, were hospitalized, and Governor Paulo Dantas declared three days of mourning as the crash is investigated.
A passenger bus traveling from Tekirdağ to Antalya overturned into a ravine at Kömürler Junction in Döşemealtı, southern Türkiye, killing nine people and injuring 26. Emergency teams evacuated the injured, with several in serious condition, to nearby hospitals. Authorities cited possibly wet roads and fog and said a technical investigation will determine the exact cause.
A bus accident on Java, Indonesia, resulted in at least 15 deaths after the vehicle lost control and overturned on a toll road, carrying passengers from Jakarta to Yogyakarta.
A bus accident in Peru resulted in at least 37 deaths and dozens injured after the vehicle plunged into a ravine following a head-on collision on the Pan-American Highway, highlighting ongoing road safety issues in the region.
A freight train collided with a double-decker bus near Mexico City, killing at least 10 people and injuring over 40, in an accident attributed to the lack of crossing gates and increasing grade-level crossing incidents in Mexico.
A train collided with a bus in Mexico, resulting in 10 deaths and 61 injuries, amid ongoing railroad expansion efforts in the country.
Governor Murphy expressed condolences to the families of three New Jersey residents among five killed in a tour bus crash in New York, which occurred when the bus veered off the highway and overturned, with investigations ongoing into the cause.
The University of Rochester Medical Center updated on the condition of patients involved in a fatal tour bus crash on the New York State Thruway, which killed five people and injured several others; among the six patients at Strong Memorial, one has been discharged, one is in critical condition, and four are stable.