Bus Crash At I-55 Enid Exit

Описание: (See story and photos at http://www.yalnews.com) A bus loaded with young people and their chaperones ran off I-55 just north of the Enid Lake, Mississippi, exit around 3:45 p.m. Friday, March 30, 2012. The southbound bus ran through the median and into northbound lane, struck the guardrail and came to rest on the edge of the road south of the exit. The group of about 70 people from First Pentecostal Church in North Little Rock, Ark., were headed to Jayess in the southern part of the state.

Yalobusha County emergency responders were summoned to the crash site by frantic 911 calls that reported the bus had hit a bridge. Firefighters from Oakland and Tillatoba along with Yalobusha Emergency Medical Services were on the scene within minutes.

A Yalobusha Sheriff's Deputy was one of the first to arrive and radioed that there appeared to be no serious injuries. Medical responders questioned the passengers and treated several minor injures. One woman was transported by ambulance, but she was alert and talking with medical personnel and an investigator from the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol.

Regina Matlock, a chaperone and wife of the bus driver, said she got out of the bus and thanked the Lord that no one was hurt. Many of the young passengers talked and texted on their cell phones while others took pictures of the wrecked bus.

Northbound traffic slowed to a crawl as vehicles were diverted onto the exit ramp to bypass the crash scene.