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Seven school buses involved in crash

ATLANTA, May 19 (UPI) -- Seven school buses taking children to a Georgia theme park were involved in a crash Saturday morning in a highway construction zone, police said.

The crash occurred on Interstate 20 about 25 miles east of Atlanta, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The buses were carrying students from Burke County Middle School in Waynesboro, near the South Carolina line, to Six Flags.

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The Georgia State Patrol reported one bus driver was medevacked to a hospital in Atlanta. Another 43 children and adults were treated for minor injuries at hospitals in the Covington area.

The cause of the crash was under investigation, police said.

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