February 28th, 1958 at 8:10 AM the nation is shocked and horrified at the news coming from a little community called Knotley Hollow. 27 and its last run..
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History.
Twenty-two children survived, Twenty-six and the driver lost their lives in the worst school bus disaster in U.
S.
In less than one Minute the 12,000-pound school bus with forty-eight screaming, terrified children make a frantic dash for the rear exit.
Due to melting snows and recent rain at the time the river was thirty feet deep. 27 driven by 27-year-old John Alex Dorssett rolled down an eighty-three-foot hill and plunged into the Big Sandy River.
Floyd County school bus No.
It rolled across the highway, struck a legally parked car, and kept rolling to the edge of a nearby cliff and disappeared. on US 23, a school bus loaded with forty-eight children ages ranging from 8-17 struck a wrecker tow truck in the rear.
Three miles south of Prestonburg, KY.
February 28th, 1958 at 8:10 AM the nation is shocked and horrified at the news coming from a little community called Knotley Hollow