A school bus carrying dozens of students from South Carolina’s Pine Ridge Middle School overturned Thursday afternoon on southbound I-77 about 40 miles south of Charlotte, blocking all southbound traffic.
A spokesperson for the city of Lancaster confirmed five people were taken to local hospitals in critical condition. It's unclear how many of those injured were students.
Lexington School District 2 officials issued a statement saying the students were traveling home from a field trip in Charlotte when a tire blew out, causing the driver to lose control.