6 killed, 18 injured in Ohio highway crash

Robert Besser
18 Nov 2023, 13:53 GMT+10

This week, a crash involving a charter bus, a tractor-trailer truck and three other vehicles on a highway in central Ohio killed six people and injured 18 others, state police said
According to Ohio Highway Patrol, the bus, carrying students and adult chaperones from the Tuscarawas Valley school district in eastern Ohio to an education conference, accounted for three of the dead and 16 of the injured, including the bus driver
There were no details about the sequence of events, but Ohio police said the cause of the crash was under investigation

COLUMBUS, Ohio: This week, a crash involving a charter bus, a tractor-trailer truck and three other vehicles on a highway in central Ohio killed six people and injured 18 others, state police said.

According to Ohio Highway Patrol, the bus, carrying students and adult chaperones from the Tuscarawas Valley school district in eastern Ohio to an education conference, accounted for three of the dead and 16 of the injured, including the bus driver.

The injured were all taken to local hospitals.

In a statement, the highway patrol said that the three bus passengers who were killed were students, two 18-year-old males, and a 15-year-old girl, while three adults who were riding in one of the two passenger cars involved in the wreck also died.

The driver of the second automobile was taken to a hospital, along with one of the two truck drivers. Another was treated at the scene and released, police added.

The crash happened shortly before 9 a.m. local time on Interstate-70 near Etna Township, some 21 miles (34 km) east of Columbus, the state capital, and at least three of the five vehicles involved caught fire, police further said.

There were no details about the sequence of events, but Ohio police said the cause of the crash was under investigation.

Watch latest videos

News RELEASES

Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to Greek Herald.

More Information

7 ℃

Fair in Elefsis

International Business

Section

European Commission to upgrade EU countries' EV power grids

BRUSSELS, Belgium: To address power shortages at electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, last week, the European Commission announced plans to ...

Egyptians Head to Polls in Election Overshadowed by Gaza War

cairo - Egyptians head to the polls on Sunday for a presidential election in which Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is poised to ...

Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma shares perspective on 'Wed in India', RBI regulations and Paytm transaction number

Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], December 9 (ANI): The founder and CEO of Paytm Vijay Shekhar Sharma, shared his perspectives on various ...

Can Milei's 'shock therapy fix Argentina's economy

The president-elect has pledged radical policy measures to deal with the financial crisisArgentina's president-elect Javier Milei is facing a huge ...

World Bank drives COVID-19 recovery in East Asia, Pacific with USD 1.9 billion commitment and vaccination success

New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): Countries in East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) were among the first and hardest ...

Americans running out of savings JPMorgan

Only the top 1% of US consumers will have more money stocked up by next year than before the Covid-19 ...

Mediterranean

Section