Two persons were killed Thursday night when a Mount Pleasant school bus returning from a track meet in Paris, Texas was involved in a 3-vehicle collision on Highway 271.
Officials with the Nacogdoches Independent School District are praising local emergency personnel for their response of an accident involving an NISD school bus which occurred Wednesday morning around 8:30 at the corner of Austin and Pearl Streets.
One person died Monday in an accident on US 59 involving two 18-Wheelers and a school bus.
The road was still closed Tuesday morning because of the cleanup and investigation, and detours were set up.
The Lufkin School District says three children and the driver were the only ones on board the bus at the time, and none of them needed treatment for anything other than minor injuries.