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MUSCOGEE, Ga. — A school bus driver is dead and several children were hurt in a crash in Muscogee County, Georgia.

The bus slammed into a tree Monday morning.

Five students were injured, three of them seriously according to WRBL-TV.

““Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and loved ones of our bus driver, Mr. Roy Newman, and the children and their families who were involved in the accident, “ said Dr. David F. Lewis, Superintendent.