The Ellis County Press: Bus crash leaves 1 dead, 15 injured

Bus crash leaves 1 dead, 15 injured
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Megan Gray on 11/10/2011 13:08:00


RUNNELS COUNTY – A 20-year-old Midlothian student was released from Ballinger
Memorial Hospital  Saturday, Nov. 5 after being involved in a bus crash on
Friday, Nov. 4.
Kendra Unamba, a sophomore at Abilene Christian University, was en route to
Medina for a weekend of mission work with 11 other students, three faculty
members and a faculty member’s wife when the driver lost control of the
university owned passenger bus heading southbound on Highway 83 as the group
approached a slight curve shortly after 3 p.m. at the intersection of County
Road 234 in Runnels County.
According to reports, the bus struck a concrete culvert and overturned, ejecting
several passengers before it came to rest upright on the shoulder of the
highway, ultimately killing 19-year-old Anabel Reid of Petersburg.
Passengers were sent to area hospitals.
Dr. Jim Cooke, of Abilene, and Kathleen Henderson, a junior from Rock Port,
were released the same day as Unamba.
Unamba, while a resident of Midlothian didn’t attend Midlothian High School
according to Public Relations Director for Midlothian Independent School
District Jana Hawthorne.