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14 injured when North Carolina school bus goes over 30-foot cliff

McDowell County Emergency Management Director William Kehler tells news outlets that none of the victims' injuries appear to be life-threatening.

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. — A bus carrying a high school girls' volleyball team plunged 30 feet (9 meters) down a wooded embankment in North Carolina, injuring 14 people.

Photos from the scene show the bus surrounded by broken tree limbs late Monday night near Coxes Creek Mountain.

WLOS-TV reports one person had to be airlifted to a hospital and others were transported to area hospitals.

McDowell County Emergency Management Director William Kehler tells news outlets that none of the victims' injuries appear to be life-threatening.

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Principal Dianna Bridges confirmed the bus was carrying students from Mooresboro's Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy, which is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Asheville. 

In a Facebook post, the school says several players, two coaches and the driver were hurt. The students were on their way back from a match.

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