Authorities say Susan Shoemake, 16, of Roopville died at the scene. Eight students and a school bus driver suffered minor injuries.

The students aboard attended Mount Zion Elementary School, Mount Zion High School and Jonesville Middle School.

Susan also was a student at Mount Zion High.

Late Tuesday, Georgia troopers were looking for the driver of a red pickup truck that witnesses say may have caused the accident and left the scene.

The accident took place just after 3 p.m. on Ga. 16, a winding two-lane road slick from rain.

Witnesses told troopers that a red pickup turned onto Ga. 16 from Burwell-Mount Zion Road and in front of Susan, who was driving west on Ga. 16.

Susan lost control of the small Mercury car she was driving and collided head-on with the oncoming Carroll County school bus carrying 44 students. The impact crushed the Mercury.

Troopers plan to inspect videotape from a camera mounted inside the bus for clues about the accident and the identity of the pickup truck's driver.

Eight students and the driver suffered minor injuries and were expected to be treated and released from Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton.