CARROLL COUNTY, Tenn. — A field trip turned to tragedy Friday afternoon, March 27 when a Montgomery County school bus carrying 25 students and five adults collided with a TDOT dump truck on Highway 70, killing two students and sending others to hospitals across the region.
The students from Kenwood Middle School in Clarksville were on their way to Jackson to attend the Toyota Hub City Grand Prix Greenpower USA race, a STEM program event scheduled at Rockabilly Stadium.
INVESTIGATION — Tennessee Highway Patrol Sgt. Travis Plotzer speaks during a press briefing regarding a fatal school bus crash on Highway 70 in Carroll County Friday afternoon. Jesse Joseph/Carroll County Observer
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