ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. — Emergency response late Friday night to a wreck involving a school bus in Conyers near Old Salem Road where Highway 138 and Interstate 20 meet.
The crash happened around 11 p.m. as students were returning from an out-of-town football game.
Rockdale County School District told Channel 2 said that the Salem High School bus was carrying 17 players, 7 trainers, 2 coaches and 1 driver.
Several students and staff were taken to various hospitals.
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Georgia State Patrol is working with Conyers police and Rockdale County sheriff’s office on the investigation.
A witness told Channel 2 that she was at the gas station near the impact. She heard a loud boom and turned around to see the Rockdale County school bus overturned.
Channel 2 Action News starting at 5 a.m. will have the latest.
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