The driver of a truck was killed Tuesday in a head-on collision with a school bus in southern West Virginia, police said.

The accident happened around 7 a.m. on U.S. Route 52 south of Mingo Central High School, the Mingo County sheriff's office said on Facebook.

Seven students and the bus driver were taken to a hospital for evaluation, the county school district said on Facebook.

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A truck driver died after a head-on collision with a West Virginia school bus. 

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The truck driver’s name was not immediately released. West Virginia State Police and the sheriff’s office are investigating.