Teen killed, Several Injured in Ga. School Bus Crash

Kenneth Ross Herringdine, 59, the driver a school bus in Georgia lost control along a rural northern highway Monday and the vehicle overturned, killing a 17-year-old student and sending several others students from Temple High School to the hospital. The bus was carrying 12 high school students, it was traveling south on Highway 113, some 50 miles west of Atlanta, around 2 p.m. when it left the roadway and crashed into a ditch.

Authorities said James Rashawn Walker of Temple was pronounced dead at the scene. Carroll County Coroner Sammy Eady said Walker was pinned underneath the bus when it stopped in the ditch. Carroll County Schools Superintendent Scott Coward said the driver was a trainee.

Six patients were sent to three different hospitals and were fortunately in fair condition.

Ricky Stilley / AP

An ambulance leaves the scene where a school bus overturned on Highway 113 between Temple and Carrollton, Ga., Monday.