At least 20 other children were injured, Knox County school officials said.
The injured students were taken to East Tennessee Children's Hospital
and Dr. Ryan Redman said that all of the injuries were non-life
threatening.
They had all been released as of this evening, the hospital announced.
School officials confirmed to ABC News that one of the buses was
carrying children from Chilhowee Elementary School and the other served
Sunnyview Primary School.
According to a preliminary investigation, the bus from Chilhowee was
traveling east on Asheville Highway when for some unknown reason it made
a sharp left-hand turn and crossed over a concrete median, the
Knoxville Police Department said in a statement this evening.
The bus then struck the side of the bus from Sunnyview, which was
traveling west, according to police. The Sunnyview bus flipped onto its
side and continued sliding until it came to a rest across both westbound
lanes.
Two female children and one adult female from the Sunnyview bus were
pronounced dead on the scene, police said. Two children and one adult
were transported to UT Medical Center for treatment of multiple
injuries.
Eighteen additional children from the Sunnyview bus were transported
non-emergency to Children's Hospital, were suffering from cuts, scrapes,
bruises and other non-life threatening injuries.
Several parents of students from the Chilhowee bus took their children to Children's Hospital for observation.
The driver of the Chilhowee bus was also transported to UT Medical Center for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
Fatal Accident Investigators from the Knoxville Police Department were
investigating the crash this evening, along with members of the
Tennessee Highway Patrol, which will conduct an inspection on the buses,
police said.
The NTSB was sending a crash investigation team to Knoxville to assist in the investigation.
Neither school will hold classes Wednesday. Instead, counselors will be available for students and families who need support.
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