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December 1, 2011

Despite Tennessees efforts to improve fog detection and driver notification, the states largest multi-vehicle crash occurred on this day, involving 176 vehicles. A combination of fog and black ice during the morning commute were to blame. Although a school bus full of children was involved, none of the passengers were injured. The only death was that of a male driver whose car slid under a tractor-trailer, but 16 more were treated for mostly neck and back injuries. After a cleanup effort lasting 24 hours, 50 vehicles had still not been removed from the roadways.

1988

A 1988 Kentucky school bus accident, where a bus full of children were struck by a pick-up truck driven by an intoxicated driver, resulting in 27 deaths and 34 injuries, most of them severe. It remains the deadliest Bus Crash in U.S. history. The drunk driver received a 16-year prison sentence, while the mothers of two of the victims went on to serve as National President and Vice President of the advocacy group Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).