Ga. student killed in school bus crash

VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) - Officials in a Georgia school system say a student has died after a crash involving a school bus that alsoinjured more than a dozen students.

 

Georgia State Patrol Cpl. Chris Kelch said in a Tuesday statement that 15-year-old Rebecca Hall 

of Valdosta died after the crash Monday afternoon on Interstate 75 in Valdosta. Kelch said a semitrailer 

carrying a load of metal beams collided with the bus.

Lowndes County Schools said in a statement that the bus was traveling south on I-75 from Lowndes 

High School to Lowndes Middle School. The state patrol said more than a dozen students were taken to 

South Georgia Medical Center. Valdosta, in far south Georgia, is about 15 miles from the Florida line.