2 Die When 4 Busloads of Penn State Students Crash
Four charter buses loaded with Penn State University students crashed on a foggy interstate early Sunday, killing a student and a bus driver and injuring at least 106 people, authorities said.
The four buses were among six carrying 280 students home from a shopping trip to New York City. University President Graham Spanier said the buses drove into a “very thick wall of fog” on Interstate 80 just after midnight.
In the ensuing chain-reaction wreck, three buses smashed into one another and a fourth hit a guard rail. A pickup truck and two cars were also involved.
The driver of one bus, Robert Clifford Burge, 50, of Altoona, was killed. The name of the student who was killed was not released.
At least five people, including a bus driver who underwent surgery, remained hospitalized in serious condition Sunday, Spanier said. Police didn’t know the conditions of the passengers and other drivers.
Most of the other injuries were minor, Spanier said.
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