The crash happened during heavy rain about 11:50 p.m. Sunday on southbound Interstate 81 in Dauphin County’s Lower Paxton Township, near the capital of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Police said. The bus struck an embankment, struck the rear end of a car and flipped on its side.
“Three passengers were declared deceased on scene,” the police report said, with others injured ranging from minor to severe, Los Angeles Times reported.
“This is considered a mass casualty incident,” Trooper Megan Frazer said. “We do have eight ambulances that assisted with us, as well as lifeline [emergency response], just because of how many people were involved and the number of injuries.”
It was raining heavily at the time of the crash, Frazer said.
Multiple people were taken to Milton S. Hershey Medical Center with injuries, but police didn’t immediately release further information.
The American Red Cross of Greater Pennsylvania was providing food, drinks and cots at the Chambers Hill Fire Department for passengers being discharged from the hospital. When asked how many people were being assisted, the Red Cross said that “the situation is still evolving” and that it was not able to release a number.
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