2 dead, dozens hurt in Missouri bus crash

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Emergency workers respond to an accident involving two school buses, tractor-trailer and another vehicle on eastbound Interstate-44 Thursday, August 5, 2010, near Gray Summit, Missouri.

Missouri Department of Transportation spokesman Jorma Duran confirmed the two deaths in the accident.

The school buses were carrying high school band students to an amusement park.

Ashley Wiehle, a spokeswoman for SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center in St. Louis, said 36 kids were en route to the hospital.

Rescue personnel work at the scene near Gray Summit, Mo. Vehicles involved in the crash included what appeared to be a sports utility vehicle, which was crushed and hardly distinguishable while wedged below the bus that came to rest atop the semi tractor's cab.

This image made from video provided by KTVI shows the scene of an accident Thursday Aug. 5, 2010 on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. The school buses were carrying children from the St. James School District. Details about the injuries were not immediately known.

This image made from video provided by KTVI shows responders at the scene of an accident Thursday Aug. 5, 2010 on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. The buses were carrying children from the St. James School District. Details about the injuries were not immediately known.

This image made from video provided by KTVI shows the scene of an accident Thursday Aug. 5, 2010 on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. The buses were carrying children from the St. James School District. Details about the injuries were not immediately known.

A rescue worker is seen at the scene of an accident involving two school buses, a tractor-trailer and another passenger vehicle, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo.

Firefighters were hosing down the mangled debris, and metal ladders provided access to the buses' windows.

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Emergency workers respond to an accident involving two school buses, tractor-trailer and another vehicle on eastbound Interstate-44 Thursday, August 5, 2010, near Gray Summit, Missouri.

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