TUPELO — One man was killed after his car collided head-on with a Lee County school bus.
WTVA TV reports the crash happened Wednesday afternoon on County Road 1498 near the Eggville community east of Tupelo.
Sheriff Jim Johnson says there were no students on the bus when it collided head-on with another vehicle.
Johnson says the bus driver was not injured, but the driver of the other vehicle was taken by ambulance to the North Mississippi Medical Center.
Lee County Coroner Carolyn Green says 75-year-old James Turner of Eggville died of injuries sustained in the crash.
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