Three students, a teacher, and a non-profit official were injured recently in a a freak automobile accident near Las Vegas.
The group was traveling on a trip sponsored by After-School All-Stars, a California based nonprofit organization, when vehicle in which they were traveling suffered a sudden gas tank explosion. All of the victims were transported to a local hospital in Las Vegas to be treated for burns. Two of the students were critically injured.
The victims were part of a group which traveled to Las Vegas and the Mammoth Resorts in California as part of a ski trip sponsored by the After-School All-Stars nonprofit organization. According to Patricia Karam, executive director of Greater San Antonio After-School All-Stars, which arranged the trip, the group was en route to McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas when the gas tank explosion occurred.
Authorities are still unsure what caused the vehicle’s gas tank to explode.
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