Carrollton bus crash scene - 1988
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Twenty-seven people -- 24 of them children -- died on May 14, 1988, in Carroll County, Kentucky, after the bus they were on was hit by a drunk driver. It is considered the worst drunk-driving crash in U.S. history.Â
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Twenty-seven people -- 24 of them children -- died on May 14, 1988, in Carroll County, Kentucky.
On May 14, 1988, twenty-four children and three adults died when a drunk driver crashed into their school bus in Carroll County.
It was the worst drunk driving crash in United States history.
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