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Gripping 911 Calls from Bluffton Baseball Players Just After Bus Crash

A student and several witnesses made 911 calls following the tragic bus crash that took the lives of four Bluffton University baseball players, the bus driver and his wife.

911 tapes from last week's fatal crash on I-75 near Atlanta have been released by the Atlanta Police Department.

One of the Bluffton students and several witnesses made the calls shortly after the bus plunged over the side of a highway overpass early Friday morning.

"We've just been in a bus accident. (Moaning heard in background). I don't know where we're at," a student said.

"A lot of people, a lot of people laying down on the ground in different places."

Operator: "About how many. Give me an estimate so we know how many ambulances. How many?"

Student: "We're talking 50. Not 50. At least 33 -- 33 people on this bus."

Operator: "Okay. Y'all on the expressway or on the street?"

Student: "I think we fell off the expressway. We hit a road and fell off the actual bridge."

Witness: "Northside expressway, there's people crawling out. They need medical attention fast! They can't get out."

Operator: "Hold on, ma'am."

Caller: "Hello, yes ma'am. We got a wreck down here. A bus dropped off the Interstate -- down here by Northside Drive on 75 South. And we have an emergency right now."

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