Multiple Kids Hit By Vehicle After Exiting School Bus

(Lafourche Parish) - Some sad news broke on Thursday afternoon in south Louisiana after three kids were hit by a vehicle upon exiting the school bus they were on.

The Lafouche Parish Sheriff's Department posted on social media that State Police were investigating a serious accident with several people injured at Talbot Avenue in Thibodaux, Louisiana.

WvUE reports that two of the kids were airlifted to a hospital in New Orleans with serious injuries.

Drivers were urged to avoid the area, and as of now, there were no reports of arrests in this case. Authorities have not yet announced why the kids were hit in this incident.

We will follow this story and provide more information here once details are released by the investigating police agency.

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