DANDRIDGE, Tenn. A passenger bus has overturned in Jefferson County, and the Tennessee Highway Patrol confirms 6 people are dead, and multiple injuries are reported, according to CBS affiliate WVLT.
Interstate 40 is closed in both directions and traffic is being diverted, the station reported.
Tennessee Safety Department spokeswoman Dalya Qualls says the crash involved the bus, a tractor-trailer and another vehicle.
Qualls said in an email the bus was traveling in northeast Tennessee when it crossed the median and struck the other two vehicles. The tractor-trailer caught fire and the bus overturned.
Knoxville Fire crews and ambulances from Knox County are responding to the scene. Jefferson and Hamblen County crews are also responding to the crash.
East Tennessee Children's Hospital says they have been asked to be on standby to receive patients.
Qualls said the accident happened near mile marker 423.
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