Traffic on I-85 was backed up for miles Friday afternoon after a collision involving two church buses carrying children, according to Channel 2 Action News.

The accident happened on northbound I-85 south of Steve Reynolds Boulevard. A total of 15 people went to the hospital with minor injuries. Most of those involved were between the ages of 10 and 15.

The three vehicles—all from a Catholic church in Ocala, Fla.—had been traveling in a single-file caravan when roadway debris sparked the accident. The lead vehicle, a truck hauling a trailer, swerved to avoid the debris. A church bus followed suit but was struck by the third bus.

The caravan was heading to the Civic Center on Sugarloaf Parkway.

A bus from Georgia's Hebron Baptist Church arrived on the scene to pick up the remaining passengers.

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The renovation of Jekyll Island's Great Dunes golf course includes nine holes designed by Walter Travis in the 1920s for the members of the Jekyll Island Club. Several holes that were part of the original layout where located along the beach and were bulldozed in the 1950s.(Photo by Austin Kaseman)

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