More than 30 taken to hospital after bus crash on I-81 in Schuylkill County

  • Source: WBRE-TV NBC 28 Wilkes-Barre
  • Published: 09/20/2021 03:20 AM

Dozens are injured when a charter bus veered off the highway and crashed into the woods in Schuylkill County Sunday afternoon. More than 30 people were taken to the hospital after the bus crashed into the trees below Exit 112 to Hegins off I-81 South according to Tremont Fire Chief Brian Eisenacher. “At this time we transported 32 to the local hospitals. Several went by helicopter, mostly by ground EMS to several hospitals throughout the county,” Eisanacher said. The bus was carrying youth members and volunteers of the LCBC Church in Lancaster County. State police say around 2:30 Sunday afternoon the bus driver somehow lost control in the southbound lanes of I-81 near mile marker 111.7 and drove off the roadway.



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