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A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.
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Floyd County, Kentucky
County in Kentucky, United States
Floyd County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,942. Its county seat is Prestonsburg. The county, founded in 1800, is named for Colonel John Floyd (1750–1783).Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Levisa Fork
Tributary of the Big Sandy River in Kentucky and Virginia
The Levisa Fork is a tributary of the Big Sandy River, approximately 164 miles (264 km) long, in southwestern Virginia and eastern Kentucky in the United States.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Prestonsburg, Kentucky, bus crash
1958 accident involving a school bus and the drowning deaths of twenty six children
The collision and plunge into Big Sandy River involving a school bus near Prestonsburg, Kentucky, on February 28, 1958, resulted in the deaths of 26 students and the bus's driver. It was the third-deadliest bus crash in United States history, tied for fatalities with the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
February 28
Day of the year
February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 306 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)