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Carrollton Kentucky Bus Disaster

The bus collision at Carrollton, Kentucky on May 14, 1988 was one of the most disastrous bus accidents in United States history. About 11 PM on a Saturday night, a drunk driver traveling the wrong way on an interstate highway collided head-on with a school bus which was in use as a church bus. The initial crash was exacerbated by the bus catching fire and difficulties encountered by the occupants attempting to evacuate the crowded bus in the smoke and darkness. The fire killed 27 people and injured 34 of 67 persons on the bus. Only six bus passengers escaped significant injury or death. The drunk driver of the pickup truck sustained only minor injuries.

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Dwailla Dawn Fischel

2 Jul 1975 – 14 May 1988

Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA

Richard Keith “Ricky” Gohn

6 May 1969 – 14 May 1988

Radcliff, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA

Carrollton Bus Crash Memorial

unknown – 14 May 1988

Radcliff, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA

John Robert Pearman

20 Aug 1951 – 14 May 1988

Radcliff, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA

Emillie Suzanne Thompson

20 Oct 1974 – 14 May 1988

Radcliff, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA

Plot info: Sec 4, Lot 92, Gr. 1

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Crystal Erin Uhey

30 May 1974 – 14 May 1988

Radcliff, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA

Denise Ellen Voglund

5 Sep 1974 – 14 May 1988

Radcliff, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA

Kristen Joy Williams

3 Mar 1974 – 14 May 1988

Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri, USA

Chad Anthony Witt

5 Feb 1974 – 14 May 1988

Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky, USA

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