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Families Name 2 Students Killed in Tennessee School Bus Crash

State troopers say the investigation will take time.

Overview

  • The victims were Kenwood Middle School students on a field trip when their bus collided with a Tennessee Department of Transportation dump truck and a passenger car.
  • Families identified the children as Zoe Davis and Arianna Pearson through GoFundMe pages, while the Tennessee Highway Patrol has not yet released official names.
  • More than 20 students and five adults were on the bus, with two adults in the TDOT truck and one person in the car, according to a THP briefing.
  • Air ambulances moved 19 injured patients to Baptist Memorial Hospital–Carroll County and four children to Vanderbilt’s Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital in Nashville.
  • The Kenwood community held a candlelight vigil and the school district pledged support for families as troopers lead a multi-agency review of the crash.