{"id":198,"date":"2018-05-05T07:47:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T11:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=198"},"modified":"2022-05-21T08:24:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T12:24:47","slug":"the-prestonsburg-school-bus-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=198","title":{"rendered":"The Prestonsburg School Bus Tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prestonsburgbusdisaster-290x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prestonsburgbusdisaster-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prestonsburgbusdisaster-768x795.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prestonsburgbusdisaster-989x1024.jpg 989w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well, we are pleased to announce that this is our 200th episode of Stories!\u00a0 Rod and I have enjoyed telling the history of Appalachia over the last two and a half years, and look forward to many more years for the podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we tell the story of a tragic accident that happened back in 1959 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, when a school bus ran off the road and into the Levisa Fork.\u00a0 At the time, this was the deadliest bus accident in the world, and still ranks in the top 5.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can subscribe to Stories at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, the RadioPublic app, or on your own favorite podcast app.<\/p>\n<p>We are on Facebook @storiesofappalachia and on Twitter @storyappalachia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening and sharing us with your friends.<\/p>\n<p>(Picture by Kentucky National Guard Public Affairs Office &#8211; https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kyngpao\/8431982557, CC BY 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=38624554)<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6029\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-198-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746783\/download.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746783\/download.mp3\">https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746783\/download.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746783\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?powerpress_pinw=198-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746783\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"download.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we are pleased to announce that this is our 200th episode of Stories!\u00a0 Rod and I have enjoyed telling the history of Appalachia over the last two and a half years, and look forward to many more years for the podcast. 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