Students on way to preview day at Humboldt State University killed in bus crash with Fedex Truck

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A FedEx truck collided with a charter bus carrying students in California Thursday, killing 10 people and injuring dozens of others, authorities say.</p>

<p>The accident happened on Interstate 5 near Orland, Glenn County, in the northern part of the state. The FedEx truck crossed into oncoming traffic, striking a northbound car before colliding with the bus, California Highway Patrol officials told ABC News.</p>

<p>Flames engulfed the bus and truck, sending thick plumes of black smoke upward, the vehicles reduced to charred husks.</p>

<p>The drivers of the bus and truck were killed, along with eight other people inside the bus, police said.</p>

<p>The bus was carrying prospective students to a spring preview day at Humboldt State University in Arcata, Calif. The university released a statement about the accident, writing, “Our hearts go out to those who have been affected, and we are here to support them, and their families, in any way possible.”</p>

<p>Some of the students in the crash attend Los Angeles Unified School District, school officials said.

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<p>Thoughts and prayers to all the families affected by this senseless tragedy.</p>

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<p>Terrible tragedy. Wish there had been barriers along that stretch of the freeway. Perhaps it would not have been so devastating.</p>