Bus crashes carrying University of South Carolina fraternity [Video]

A local fraternity was heading to New Orleans when their bus crashed while on a Mississippi interstate highway. One student is credited with helping save lives.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A bus carrying University of South Carolina students crashed, injuring multiple people and leaving the driver in critical condition.

“This is what we could call a large-scale event with multiple injuries,” Trooper Cal Robertson with the Mississippi Highway Patrol said.

Robertson said 11 people were injured while taking a charter bus from Columbia to New Orleans, including students.

“I did talk to a student who heard a loud pop, so that led us to believe that there was a failure with one of the front steer tires,” he said. “When the tire blew out, the student says the bus pulled hard to the left, and it crashed into a center concrete wall there.”

He added that the crash ejected the driver, but a quick-thinking passenger grabbed the steering wheel and stopped the bus.

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