Fatal Bus Crash Kills Six
Six people were killed when a charter bus plunged off of an onramp to Interstate 75 in Atlanta on March 2. The bus, which had been chartered for a baseball team from Bluffton University in Ohio, took its fatal plunge when the driver mistakenly veered over the side of an overpass he thought was a carpool lane. Casualties include the bus driver and his wife, who was on board, and baseball players David Betts, Scott Harmon, Cody Holp, and Tyler Williams.
"Today is a profoundly tragic and sad day in the life of Bluffton University," Harder began. "We only wish to reflect on our sadness for the tragedies that have so deeply impacted the lives of so many people. Friends, relatives, of course the people involved directly in the accident, we can only begin to imagine how over time this will play out," said Bluffton University president James Harder at an impromptu press conference.
Though the bus did fall onto a pickup, driver Danny Lloyd was not injured. The accident will be investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board.
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