Two Batesville High School students were killed in a car crash Monday that left a third Batesville student and a Cave City student injured, authorities said.
About 4:40 p.m. Monday, Batesville police responded to a single-vehicle crash on Gap Road, the Police Department said in a social media post.
Officers secured the scene until Arkansas State Police arrived and took over the investigation, the post said. A Batesville dispatcher confirmed Tuesday the post was related to the death of the two high school students.
State police spokeswoman Cindy Murphy said two people were killed in the crash, and two others injured. She declined to provide any other information on Tuesday.
In a social media post, the Batesville School District acknowledged two students had died in a car crash on Monday. It said a third student was receiving medical care.
"As we grieve together, our priority is to surround our students and staff with care, compassion, and support," the district said in the post. "We are committed to providing the resources and assistance they need as we navigate the difficult days ahead."
The Cave City School District said in its own post that one of its high school seniors had been critically injured in a car crash. In the same post, it expressed "heartfelt condolences to the Batesville School District and community as they mourn the heartbreaking loss of two students" and said its "thoughts and prayers" were with "another Batesville student who was injured and their family."
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