4 injured when bus overturns in Charlotte, NC
{{date|January 10, 2006}}

A school bus overturned Tuesday morning in [[w:Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[w:North Carolina|North Carolina]] causing minor injuries to two children and two adults.  The driver reportedly swerved to avoid a log in the road. The bus rolled down an embankment and came to rest on its roof.  

The children on the bus were 3 and 4 year-olds from the Bethlehem Center Head Start program.  The bus was carrying 18 children, all strapped into safety seats in accordance with North Carolina law. The uninjured were transferred to a second bus and taken to school.

== Sources ==
* {{source|url=http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/13591535.htm|title=Bus overturns in NE Charlotte; 4 hurt|author=Steve Lyttle and Melissa Manware|pub=Charlotte Observer|date=January 10, 2006}}
* {{source|author=[mailto:cjanelle@wistv.com Chantelle Janelle] NBC
|url=http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4345101
|title=Charlotte school bus overturns
|pub=WIStv.com
|date=Jan. 10, 2006}}

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[[Category:Disasters and accidents]]
[[Category:North Carolina]]
[[Category:United States]]
A school bus overturned Tuesday morning in Charlotte, North Carolina causing minor injuries to two children and two adults.  The driver reportedly swerved to avoid a log in the road. The bus rolled down an embankment and came to rest on its roof.  

The children on the bus were 3 and 4 year-olds from the Bethlehem Center Head Start program.  The bus was carrying 18 children, all strapped into safety seats in accordance with North Carolina law. The uninjured were transferred to a second bus and taken to school.
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