Train hits GMC tour bus on field trip in North Carolina

Six Georgia Military Prep School students were hurt on a field trip after a train hit a school tour bus in western North Carolina on Tuesday.

The crash occurred in Swain County, about 200 miles north of Milledgeville, while freshman boys were visiting the Nantahala Outdoor Center, according to an email from Jeannie Zipperer, director of staff for the school.

The injured students were taken to two separate hospitals and released, the email said. Two faculty members were still being checked out at a hospital Tuesday evening.

WLOS-TV reported the train was traveling on the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad.

This story was originally published August 22, 2017 at 4:32 PM with the headline "Train hits GMC tour bus on field trip in North Carolina."