{"id":5954,"date":"2012-05-21T11:45:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T18:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/?p=5954"},"modified":"2013-03-15T11:09:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T18:09:31","slug":"six-school-buses-crash-near-atlanta-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/5954\/six-school-buses-crash-near-atlanta-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Six School Buses Crash Near Atlanta, Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. — Over 61 Burke County students were shaken up on Saturday, May 19, after a chain reaction involving six buses full of children headed for a Six Flags amusement park outside Atlanta crashed, officials told reporters.<\/p>\n

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Over 50 people were injured in a multiple school bus accident in Social Circle, GA on I-20 East of Covington and just west of the Georgia Highway 11 on May 19, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The accident occurred at about 11 a.m. I-20 near social circle in Newton County, Georgia, trapping the driver of one bus from Burke County Middle School in Waynesboro.<\/p>\n

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Map showing location of multiple school bus accident on May 19, 2012 on I-20 in Social Circle, GA just west of Georgia Highway 11 at mile marker 98.<\/p><\/div>\n

Newton County Sheriff spokesman, Lt. Tyrone Oliver, told NBC station WXIA of Atlanta that the driver, indentified as Angela Anthony, 44, from Midville, Ga, was airlfited to an Atlanta-area hospital after emergency crews cut her from the wreckage.<\/p>\n

WXIA reported that sixty-one students were treated at Newton County Medical Center for minor injuries and that all were expected to be sent home by the end of the day.<\/p>\n

Lt. Oliver said,”most of the injuries I have seen here are minor bumps and bruises, soreness, complaint injuries. I have not seen anything serious.”<\/p>\n

The incident remains under investigation at this time.<\/p>\n

Sources:
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Nationwide truck accident lawyers, Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP say that there are a variety of factors that can cause a bus accident or commercial truck accident. Simple care and attention to detail by a commercial bus driver or a trucking company can prevent many accidents from happening. For more information about Atlanta Georgia trucking laws and victims rights, visit our Georgia truck accident lawyer<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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