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Anxious families rush to hospital after bus accident
Healthcare Security Weekly, November 27, 2006
It was a tense scene at the Huntsville Hospital in Alabama on November 20 following the death of three teenagers who were killed when a school bus tumbled off an interstate onto the street below. Anxious family members rushed to the hospital cafeteria seeking information about their children as news of the crash spread, reported The Huntsville Times. A fourth teen has since died from injuries sustained in the crash.
Some family members collapsed after receiving news about their children who were on the school bus. Hospital officials said the situation was compounded by the inability of hospital staff to identify some of the more severely injured students who were unable to talk and had no identification on them, reported the Associated Press.
At Crestwood Medical Center, which treated nine victims, the scene was quieter, the newspaper said. Family members were directed to a conference room where they waited to visit their children. Several local clergy members were on hand to comfort them.
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