CARROLLTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — It's been 37 years since a fatal bus collision in Carroll County claimed the lives of 27 people and the Carrollton Police Department is remembering the victims.
A social media post from the department read, "Today, we remember the victims, the survivors and the families of the Carrollton bus crash on May 14, 1988."
The crash occurred when a bus, carrying a youth group and church members, collided head-on with a pickup truck, while traveling on interstate 71 at around 10:45 p.m. that night.
The driver of the pickup was impaired by alcohol and was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes, according to a filed report by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.
"The church bus fuel tank was punctured during the collision sequence and a fire ensued, engulfing the entire bus," the report read.
Read the full report below.
1988 Carrollton bus crash report by LEX18News on Scribd
