FHP Officer Ron Cooper said an unspecified number of students were among those killed and several students have been taken to Shands Hospital at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
The bus was operated by the Union County school district, which has three schools from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade, district official Anita Andrews said. She had no other information.
The accident occurred about 3:40 p.m. Wednesday, about four miles south of Lake Butler. Lake Butler is about 56 miles southwest of Jacksonville.
Where I work.
HOW awful!