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2 killed, including student, in ‘horrific’ school bus crash in Florida

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A school bus carrying 39 people to Winter Haven High School in Florida flipped over when it was hit by a car that crossed the center line early Monday morning. Two individuals were killed, including a 10th-grade girl, and several others were injured. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd described the crash as "horrible" during a news conference.

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Story summary

On Monday morning around 6:15 a.m. in Winter Haven, Florida, a school bus carrying 39 people, including 37 high school students, rolled over onto its roof after being struck by a white Chevy Malibu that crossed the center line and hit the rear tire of the bus. The crash also involved a silver Jeep, which caught fire upon impact with the bus. This multi-vehicle collision resulted in the deaths of two individuals: a tenth-grade girl on the school bus and another person in the Jeep. Multiple others were injured, with five to seven trauma alerts issued, some critically wounded and transported by helicopter to local hospitals. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd described it as "a horrible crash" that occurred along a two-lane road when the Chevy Malibu veered into oncoming traffic, causing the bus to swerve and collide head-on with the Jeep.

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Florida Polk County Winter Haven

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Florida GPE · 2× Judd PERSON · 2× Winter Haven GPE · 2× Grady Judd PERSON · 1× Polk County GPE · 1×

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2 killed, including student, in ‘horrific’ school bus crash in Florida The bus was transporting 39 people to Winter Haven High School when an oncoming car crossed the centre line and caused the crash A school bus flipped over onto its roof during a multivehicle crash in central Florida on Monday morning, killing two people – including a 10th grade girl – and injuring several others, authorities said.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-05

2026-10-05 · South China Morning Post

2 killed, including student, in ‘horrific’ school bus crash in Florida · assertive framing

Claims (6 extracted, 0 hedged)

authorities → kill → others

Some 39 people were on the school bus that was headed to Winter Haven High School in Winter Haven when an oncoming car crossed the centre line and caused the crash, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said at a news conference. asserted

Judd → head → conference

“It was a horrible crash,” Judd said. asserted

Judd → say → ?

We had a beautiful 10th grade girl lose her life.” asserted

girl → have → life

The bus had been travelling along a Winter Haven road shortly after 6am local time when an oncoming car crossed the centre line and crashed into the side of the bus near the rear wheels, Judd said. asserted

Judd → travel → wheels

The impact ripped the tyre off the bus and caused it to crash head-on into an oncoming jeep, which caught on fire. asserted

which → rip → fire