3 passengers dead after charter bus crashes in Pennsylvania, state police say

LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say three passengers died after a charter bus carrying up to 50 people collided with a vehicle on an interstate in Pennsylvania. State police say the crash happened during heavy rain around 11:50 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 6, 2023) on southbound Interstate 81 in Dauphin County’s Lower Paxton Township, near Harrisburg. Police say the bus flipped on its side. Multiple people also were taken to a hospital with injuries, but police didn’t immediately release further information. The route being taken by the bus and the cause of the crash wasn’t immediately known.