SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI.

THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND UP TO 10 PEOPLE INJURED TUESDAY IN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A SCHOOL BUS AND AN 18-WHEELER. CALHOUN COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICIALS SAID TWO SCHOOL BUSES WERE SIDES-WIPED BY AN 18-WHEELER ON A BRIDGE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 8 AND HIGHWAY 9, JUST SOUTH OF CALHOUN CITY. THE BUSES WERE CARRYING SENIORS FROM ACKERMAN HIGH SCHOOL, PART OF THE CHOCTAW COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHO WERE REPORTEDLY RETURNING FROM A TRIP TO OLE MISS IN OXFORD. TWO TEACHERS AND THE DRIVER OF THE 18-WHEELER WERE CONFIRMED TO BE DEAD AFTER THE CRASH. AT LEAST SEVEN STUDENTS WERE TRANSFERRED TO AREA HOSPITALS. THEIR INJURIES WERE DESCRIBED AS NON-LIFE THREATENING. AUTHORITIES INITIALLY REPORTED UP TO 60 INJURIES IN THE CRASH, BUT LATER DOWNGRADED THAT ESTIMATE TO LESS THAN 10.