Two school buses collided on a Tennessee highway on Tuesday, killing two children and an adult and injuring 23.
It was not immediately clear what caused the crash, which a police dispatcher told FoxNews.com happened shortly before 3 p.m., though she declined to provide further details. Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch told The Associated Press that the adult who died was not a driver and may have been an aide.
The three people who were most seriously injured were taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center. East Tennessee Children's Hospital spokeswoman Erica Estep says another 20 children were being treated there for injuries that were not life-threatening.
Witnesses ran to the accident scene to help children off the buses, one of which was on its side, according to first responders. The children on the buses were reportedly from an intermediate school and a primary school.
“I heard the big bang,” Karla Corona, a parts sales manager, told The Knoxville News Sentinel. “As soon as I rang up the customer, we saw that a bus had flipped over and another was in the middle of the road."
Darrell DeBusk, a Knoxville police spokesman, told The Associated Press that at least 17 students were being transported to East Tennessee Children's Hospital with minor injuries. A spokesperson for the hospital described the injuries as "non-life-threatening."
Some of the uninjured students were reunited with their parents at the crash scene.
There was no immediate word on what caused the crash or the exact condition of those who were injured. Shawn O'Neill, a forecaster for the National Weather Service, told FoxNews.com that light rain had been falling throughout the day in the Knoxville area, and there as light fog and mist as well.
"There were some wet road conditions," he said.
FoxNews.com's Karl de Vries and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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