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2 Students Killed When Bus Overturns on Houston Highway

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Two high school students were killed and two others were injured after a bus went sailing over a highway overpass in Houston on Tuesday morning, school officials said. The bus driver was also hurt in the crash.

The Houston Fire Department responded to the wreck just after 7 a.m. local time, Senior Captain Ruy Lozano told NBC News. The Houston Independent School District wrote on its blog that a female student died at the scene, and a second female student later died of her injuries.

The other two students aboard the bus and the driver were “seriously injured” and taken to…

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