6 Dead, 18 Injured When Bus Carrying Students and Truck Crash on Ohio Highway, Officials Say

6 Dead, 18 Injured When Bus Carrying Students and Truck Crash on Ohio Highway, Officials Say
Emergency responders are on the scene of a fatal accident on Interstate 70 West in Licking County, Ohio, on Nov. 14, 2023. WSYX/WTTE via AP
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ETNA, Ohio—A charter bus filled with high school students was rear-ended by a semitruck on an Ohio highway Tuesday morning, leaving six people dead and 18 injured, officials said.

Five vehicles were involved in the crash, including a Pioneer Trails charter bus carrying students and chaperones from the Tuscarawas Valley Local School District in eastern Ohio, said Licking County Emergency Management Agency Director Sean Grady.