Buses traveling to Carowinds crash on I-85. Students, driver hospitalized, police say.

Seven students and a driver were hospitalized when two buses bound for Carowinds crashed on Interstate 85 in Gastonia on Friday morning, police said. One of the charter bus drivers was cited for failure to reduce speed, according to a Gastonia Police Department news release. About 85 students and staff from Richard H. Gettys Middle School in Easley, South Carolina, were aboard the buses for a band field trip to the theme park south of Charlotte, police said. One of the drivers braked in heavy traffic and was rear-ended by...