SMITH COUNTY, TX (KLTV)-      A global organization that calls East Texas their home, is working to improve the lives of women impacted by obstetric fistulas.

An obstetric fistula occurs after child birth complications leave an internal hole in a woman's body. The World Health Organization estimates that there are 50-100,000 new cases of obstetric fistula each year.

     It's not so much of a problem in the United States because of our advanced medical care, but in Africa, East Texas based Mercy Ships has preformed 2,800 obstetric fistula related procedures on women with the condition.

In the U.S., about 1 in 7,500 women die in child birth each year. In West Africa, that statistic is 1 in 12.

Of the women who live, many have their bodies destroyed by obstetric fistulas.

WILLS POINT, TX (KLTV)- The Texas Department of Public Safety confirms there was a three vehicle accident involving a Wills Point school bus Wednesday morning. 

This happened  around 7:30 a.m. off of Farm to Market Road 571 near County Road 3804.

DPS confirms the school bus was carrying children, but they do not know at this time how many children were on the bus or the ages of those students.

DPS said three children were taken to a Kaufman hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the bus was taken to a hospital in Greenville.

Jean Dark with DPS said the school bus was headed southbound toward Wills Point when a green Camry swerved into the southbound lane.

Dark said the driver of the school bus swerved to miss the vehicle, but they collided. The driver of the Camry was identified as 33-year-old Fernando Rios of Wills Point, who was killed at the scene.