Tennessee school bus crash leaves 2 students dead, at least 7 others injured
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Key Points:
- A school bus crash in Carroll County, Tennessee, involving a Tennessee Department of Transportation dump truck, a Chevrolet Trailblazer, and the bus resulted in the deaths of two students and injuries to at least seven others.
- The bus was carrying 25 students and five adults from Kenwood Middle School on a field trip to Jackson, Tennessee; the dump truck appeared not to have contributed to the crash.
- Seven injured individuals were airlifted to hospitals, with four in stable condition at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and others treated and released at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County.
- The cause of the crash remains under investigation, and officials described the incident as "a parent's worst nightmare."
