Kansas Highway Crash: 4 Kids Hospitalized

0:00A nasty crash lit up the highway north of Emporia, Kansas, Wednesday afternoon, pulling in a school bus and multiple other vehicles. Four kids from the bus got rushed to the hospital, with injuries from minor scrapes to what could be serious stuff. Smoke blanketed the road, taking visibility and sparking two separate wrecksings one after the other. First responders jumped in fast, airlifting some of the injured children, while ground crews handled the chaos from the fires and twisted metal. Epidies from the sheriff's office pinned it on that heavy smoke cover, right off the bat, and they're digging deeper into what kicked off the haze. Conditions like that can turn any drive deadly, so eyes wide open when the air gets thick. We'll track any updates as they drop. This has been Kansas News Today, powered by AI, I'm Cory with the story.