Seven individuals have been killed and dozens have been injured in Mississippi after a business bus overturned on Interstate 20 on Saturday morning, in keeping with the Mississippi Freeway Patrol.
Six passengers have been pronounced lifeless on the scene and one other died at a hospital, in keeping with a information launch.
The bus was travelling west when it left the freeway close to Bovina in Warren County and flipped over.
No different car was concerned.
The crash was brought on by tyre failure, the Nationwide Transportation Security Board mentioned on the social media platform X.
The bus was operated by Autobuses Regiomontanos.
A lady who answered the cellphone at its Laredo, Texas, workplace mentioned it was conscious of the crash, however she did not reply questions or present her identify.
The transit firm says it has 20 years of expertise offering cross-border journeys between 100 locations in Mexico and the US.
Its web site promotes “a contemporary fleet of buses that obtain day by day upkeep,” and affords “journeys with a particular worth for employees.”
The lifeless included a six-year-old boy and his 16-year-old sister, in keeping with Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey.
They have been recognized by their mom. Authorities have been working to determine the opposite victims, he mentioned.
Thirty-seven passengers have been taken to hospitals in Vicksburg and Jackson.
The division is constant its investigation and hasn’t launched the names of the deceased. No different info was instantly supplied.
