Van Full of Band Students Crashes into Truck; 10 Die
<i> Associated Press</i>
PLYMOUTH, N.C. —
A vehicle carrying high school band students collided head-on with a tractor-trailer on a country road Wednesday, killing 10 people.
The teenagers’ van had crossed the center line to pass a car in a no-passing zone in a light rain, said Renee Hoffman, state Highway Patrol spokeswoman.
Some of the victims were students who played in the band at Plymouth High School.
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