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Boy, 11, Killed in Texas School Bus Rollover

An 11-year-old boy was killed after his Shelbyville ISD school bus was rear-ended by a pickup truck and rolled over near the Texas-Louisiana border, reports KTRE.

The crash occurred Monday at about 4 p.m. local time in a rural area about 50 miles east of Nacogdoches. The Texas Department of Public Safety is quoted as saying the bus was turning from a farm road onto a county road when the 1997 Dodge pickup struck the bus.

Several injuries were also reported. No other details were available at this report as the investigation was ongoing.

A video of the crash scene was uploaded to the East Texas Matters website.

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