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6th child dies following Tenn. bus crash

A tweet from the police department Wednesday evening said the agency had received confirmation of the death.

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A school bus is carried away Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn, from the site where it crashed on Monday.

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Chattanooga police say a sixth child has died from a school bus crash.

A tweet from the police department Wednesday evening said the agency had received confirmation of the death.

Police say the bus was traveling too fast when it veered off a narrow, winding road and crashed into a tree Monday afternoon. The driver, 24-year-old Johnthony Walker, has been arrested and charged with five counts of vehicular homicide.

The police department’s tweet did not give the child’s name or age.

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