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All three children on a school bus were killed when it veered into oncoming traffic and collided with a tractor-trailer in western Illinois on Monday morning, authorities said. The bus and truck drivers also died in the crash in the small city of Rushville, Illinois State Police said. The dead were identified as Rushville residents Andrew Miller, 3; Noah Driscoll, 3; Maria Miller, 5; and Angela Spiker, 57; and Browning, Illinois, resident David Coufal, 72.
State police took over the investigation, and the National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team to Rushville to assist. Sheriff Bill Redshaw said the loss was quickly felt in the area of the crash, Schuyler County, which has a population of less than 7,000 and occupies 441 square miles on the west side of the state. 'It’s a close-knit family,' he said, describing his community. 'To have loss of life like this, it’s devastating.
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