(Bruce Garner/Chattanooga Fire Department via Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Six people were killed Monday when a Chattanooga school bus with 35 young children aboard crashed, turned on its side and wrapped around a tree, according to the district attorney. However, contrary to media reports, no firm numbers have been confirmed yet,” the fire department wrote on Twitter. A bus carrying dozens of elementary school students crashed in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Monday, killing an undetermined number of people and sending 23 to a local hospital with injuries, police said. "Our hearts go out, as well as the hearts of all these people behind me, to the families, the neighborhood, the school, for all the people involved in this, we assure you we are doing everything we can," Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher said. The bus was the only vehicle involved but the crash scene covers a significant area, he said. Fletcher said the crash was “every public safety professional’s worst nightmare.”

Fletcher said police were interviewing the bus driver to determine what happened and told reporters later that investigators were looking at speed “very, very strongly” as a factor.
At least six people are killed as an elementary school bus carrying dozens of students crashes in Chattanooga, Tennessee.