# Salem High School football team bus overturns on Georgia highway

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/school-bus-carrying-georgia-high-school-football-team-overturns-on-busy-highway-in-terrifying-crash-as-nearby-hospitals-brace-for-potential-mass-casualty-event/
- Published: 2026-10-24T05:39:47+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T05:47:22+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16234931/georgia-school-bus-overturns-football-highway.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, Football, Health, Horror, Medicine, Sport, World

## Key points

- Salem High School’s bus overturned in Rockdale County late Friday.
- The bus carried 27 people, including 17 players.
- Hospitals prepared for a possible mass casualty event.

## Summary

A school bus carrying members of Salem High School’s football team overturned on a Georgia highway late on Friday, prompting a large emergency response and nearby hospitals to prepare for the possibility of a mass casualty event. The number and severity of injuries had not been confirmed in the article, and passengers were taken to local hospitals.

The bus crashed near Highway 138 and Old Salem Road in Rockdale County, just before 11pm. It carried 17 players, seven trainers, two coaches and a driver; at least two medical helicopters were requested. The crash damaged the bus extensively, closed State Route 138 and led officials to arrange a possible family reunification site.

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