Three children and two adults died after a school bus collided with a semi-truck on U.S. Route 24 in Illinois on Monday, authorities said.
Three children and two adults died after a school bus collided with a semi-truck on U.S. Route 24 in Illinois on Monday, authorities said.
The fatal collision between the school bus and the semi-truck carrying sand happened on the highway at 11:30 a.m., local time, in Rushville, Illinois State Police said during a press briefing.
The bus was heading East on Route 24 and for an «unknown reason,» crossed over into the Westbound lanes in front of the semi-truck, police said.
