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Bus Carrying UConn Students Catches Fire
No one was injured; Students were headed to Boston for a senior class trip.
About 50 UConn students escaped injury when the chartered bus carrying them to Boston for a senior class trip erupted into a fireball on I-84 in Sturbridge, MA on Saturday.
The students were headed to a harbor cruise organized by the UConn student organization SUBOG, according to NBC Connecticut.
Police said that the bus caught fire on the on-ramp from I-84 onto I-90 eastbound and caused two lanes to close about 1:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the report.
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Students reportedly will receive refunds for the trip because a substitute bus was not available to drive them to Boston. They were brought back to campus in mini-buses, according to the NBC report that can be found here.
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