CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE - Everyone on board a bus that collided with two other vehicles near Cleveland, Tennessee, escaped with only minor injuries Wednesday. <br>
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The bus was on the way to Bradley Central High School -- near the Georgia line -- when it collided with the vehicles, rolled over and burned. <br>
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Highway Patrol Lieutenant Lonny Ashford says the van driver is reported in serious condition at a hospital in Cleveland, Tennessee. <br>
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Ashford says the bus, the van and a compact car were westbound on U.S. 64 when the crash occurred around 7:30 a.m.<br>
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Troopers say the van pulled out to pass the bus on the four-lane divided highway. The car was behind the van and ran into the median, then came back onto the highway underneath the bus. <br>
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There were about 45 students aboard. The students and the driver were safely out before the bus caught fire and was consumed.
