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2 killed when car collides with charter bus

Posted at 10:08 AM, May 27, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-27 10:08:54-04

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say two people are dead after a car crashed into a charter bus full of students returning home from a field trip.

Local news outlets report the crash happened late Thursday night near Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale.

The students were returning from a trip to Tallahassee when the crash occurred.

Authorities say both people inside the car died. Their names haven't been released.

Fort Lauderdale Det. Kevin Dupree tells WPLG  there were about 37 people on the bus when the crash occurred.

He says they included students and chaperones from various Broward County schools.

Dupree says one student and one adult on the bus were treated for minor injuries.

No further details were immediately available.