ATLANTA (AP) Authorities say a church bus carrying dozens of people has crashed near Atlanta, killing one person and injuring several others.
Fulton County Police Cpl. Partrena Smith says one person was killed when the Mount Zion Baptist Church bus from Huntsville, Alabama, crashed Thursday afternoon. She says at least 10 people were hurt, including two critically. Fulton County Fire Chief Larry Few says 21 people were hurt.
The Associated Press couldn’t immediately determine the discrepancy in the number of injuries.
Church education minister Terry Slay told WXIA-TV that the bus was carrying 11th- and 12th-graders, along with adults.
Smith says the bus was carrying more than three dozen people, and they were headed to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for a trip to Africa. It was to have been a mission trip, a church spokesperson said.
Smith says the National Transportation Safety Board is handling the investigation moving forward.