7 Children From Same Family Killed in Crash
From Times Wire Reports
Seven children who had been adopted by the same family were killed in Lake Butler when their car was crushed between a truck and a stopped school bus.
The children, ages 21 months to 15 years, were headed home about two miles north of the crash site.
The truck hit them from behind, pushing their car into the bus and causing the car to burst into flames, police said.
Everyone in the car was killed, including the 15-year-old girl who was driving illegally.
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