CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Authorities say more than a dozen people have been hospitalized in Virginia after a Silver Lining Tours bus hit an overturned tractor trailer on Interstate 64.

Virginia State Police report 19 people were brought to hospitals after the Sunday morning crash on Afton Mountain at the Augusta and Nelson County line.

Police say the tractor trailer was heading east when the driver lost control and overturned across the road. A bus with 20 passengers couldn’t avoid the tractor trailer and hit it, splitting the truck in half.

19 people, including both drivers, were transported to UVA Medical Center and to another hospital.

State Police said the injuries ranged from minor to serious.

 

 

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