Missouri School Bus Crash

Thursday, August 5, 2010

AP - GRAY SUMMIT, Mo - Two buses carrying high school band students to an amusement park were involved in a freeway wreck involving a tractor-trailer Thursday that left two people dead and dozens injured, officials said.

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Missouri School Bus Crash

This image made from video provided by KTVI shows responders at the scene of an accident Thursday Aug. 5, 2010 on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. The school buses were carrying children from the St. James School District. Details about the injuries were not immediately known. (AP Photo/KTVI)

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Missouri School Bus Crash

This image made from video provided by KTVI shows the scene of an accident Thursday Aug. 5, 2010 on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. The school buses were carrying children from the St. James School District. Details about the injuries were not immediately known. (AP Photo/KTVI)

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Missouri School Bus Crash

This image made from video provided by KTVI shows responders at the scene of an accident Thursday Aug. 5, 2010 on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. The buses were carrying children from the St. James School District. Details about the injuries were not immediately known. (AP Photo/KTVI)

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Dozens Injured, Two Dead In Fiery Missouri School Bus Crash

Missouri School Bus Crash

This image made from video provided by KTVI shows the scene of an accident Thursday Aug. 5, 2010 on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. The buses were carrying children from the St. James School District. Details about the injuries were not immediately known. (AP Photo/KTVI)

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Missouri School Bus Crash

Rescue personnel work at the scene of an accident involving two school buses and a tractor-trailer Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. The school buses were carrying high school band students to an amusement park. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Missouri School Bus Crash

Rescue personnel work at the scene of an accident involving two school buses, a tractor-trailer and another passenger vehicle, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. The school buses were carrying high school band students to an amusement park. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Missouri School Bus Crash

A rescue worker is seen at the scene of an accident involving two school buses, a tractor-trailer and another passenger vehicle, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. The school buses were carrying high school band students to an amusement park. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Missouri School Bus Crash

Emergency personnel transport a child injured in an accident Thursday Aug. 5, 2010 from St. John's Mercy Hospital to Children's Hospital in St. Louis. Two buses carrying high school band students to an amusement park were involved in a freeway wreck with a semi tractor and another passenger vehicle Thursday that left at least two people dead and dozens injured near Gray Summit, officials said. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Laurie Skrivan)

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Missouri School Bus Crash

A crumpled vehicle is seen between a school bus and a tractor-trailer, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. Two school buses involved in the accident were carrying high school band students to an amusement park. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Missouri School Bus Crash

Rescue personnel work on the scene next to the covered body of a passenger killed in an accident involving two school buses, a tractor trailer cab and a pickup truck, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. The school buses were carrying high school band students to an amusement park. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Missouri School Bus Crash

Emergency workers respond to an accident involving two school buses, a tractor trailer and a pickup truck, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. The school buses were carrying high school band students to an amusement park. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, J.B.Forbes)

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