Eight dead in bus crash in Bovina, Mississippi, including a 6-year-old boy

A horrific bus crash in Mississippi on Saturday morning left eight people dead and dozens more seriously injured, including a six-year-old boy.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol said the charter bus, carrying 47 people, overturned on Interstate 20 while traveling west near Bovina, about 40 miles from the city of Jackson.

As the Vicksburg News reported, one of the vehicle's tires burst around 12:30 a.m., local first responders said.

The Volvo bus, built in 2018, left the road and overturned on its side.

Several passengers were thrown out of the bus as a result of the accident.

The names of the eight deceased passengers have not yet been released by the authorities, but two of the victims were siblings aged six and 16.

The Vicksburg Fire Department responded to the scene of the tragic accident and 37 of the passengers were taken to area hospitals with serious injuries.

It was unclear where the charter bus was going.

“It's always a tragedy when people are injured or killed,” Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace told WAPT. “But when you have a situation like this where there are multiple deaths and injuries, it's even worse.”

No other vehicles were involved in the accident.