HOXIE, Ark. (AP) – Authorities say nine people were injured, including a child
who was airlifted to a hospital, when a school bus and a dump truck collided on
a state highway in northeast Arkansas. No fatalities have been reported in the
crash Tuesday afternoon near Hoxie. Hoxie School District Superintendent Kelly
Gillham says seven students and the bus driver were injured when a vehicle
rear-ended the bus.The Arkansas State Police says the truck driver also was
injured. A state police statement says one child was airlifted to a Memphis
hospital, but none of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening.
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