Floyd county school bus crash 1958. 26 students and their driver died. This is the only surviving audio coverage of the event. a school bus loaded with 48 elementary and high school students was headed to Prestonsburg Kentucky on old Route 23. We journey to the location and visit the gravesites of some of the victims. The bus was swept downstream and eventually submerged. m. The collision and plunge into Levisa Fork River involving a school bus near Prestonsburg, Kentucky, on February 28, 1958, resulted in the deaths of 26 students and the bus's driver. (WYMT) - On February 28, 1958, a school bus carrying 48 elementary and high school students in Floyd County plunged into the Big Sandy River. 27 people died, including the bus driver, died Feb 28, 2021 ยท FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. Ernest Sparkman reports from the scene of the bus crash. wxmgfot ahupds mlod ke zc z4tpk8i gxscioof gcl lmw4 sgtddh