Tennessee crash

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Tennessee crash
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A church bus involved in a deadly three-vehicle
collision in eastern Tennessee was carrying a
group of seniors on their way back home from a
religious conference. The Wednesday crash, which
occurred at about 2 p.m., may have been caused
when the bus blew a front tire, crossed a grassy
median of Interstate 40, clipped an SUV and
collided with a tractor-trailer. Eight people
were killed Six on the eastbound bus one of
three occupants of the SUV, and the
tractor-trailer driver.
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