Tennessee: 16 injured in church bus crash on mission trip

Reuters

A church bus left the road and smashed into a drain culvert in southeastern Tennessee on Friday, injuring 16 juvenile passengers and the driver, authorities said.

The passengers are part of a group visiting the Cleveland, Tennessee, area for a week-long mission trip from Barnwell, South Carolina, Cleveland police said in a statement.

Six passengers were being treated and the 11 others evaluated at a local hospital, Cleveland police said.

The city of about 43,000 is about 25 miles northeast of Chattanooga.

 

 

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