Dozens hurt in Greyhound bus accident on Tennessee highway, authorities say

Thirty-nine people were hurt — 27 seriously enough to be brought to hospitals — in an accident involving a Greyhound bus in Tennessee on Memorial Day, the Madison County Fire Department says.

Fire crews responded at about 6:48 p.m. to the scene on Highway 70 East, the department says.

CBS Memphis affiliate WREG-TV notes that the scene is near Jackson, Tenn., which is east of Memphis.