Story Created:
Mar 16, 2010 at 11:32 AM CDT
Story Updated:
Mar 16, 2010 at 4:23 PM CDT
CAMPBELLTON, Texas (AP) - A tour bus headed for Mexico
overturned along a south Texas highway today -- resulting in at
least two deaths.
The Department of Public Safety says the crash near Campbellton
left an unknown number of others hurt. The bus carried about 40
people.
The accident happened on southbound Interstate 37, about 45
miles south of San Antonio.
DPS spokesman Tom Vinger says investigators suspect equipment
failure. Vinger says the driver says she heard a loud pop and then
lost control of the bus.
Two people were taken to Brooke Army Medical Center and at least
four others to University Hospital in San Antonio. Their conditions
weren't immediately known.
DPS says the bus was headed from San Antonio to Matamoros,
Mexico, with a planned stop in Falfurrias. It's operated by
Autobuses Americanos, which is owned by Dallas-based Greyhound.
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CAMPBELLTON, Texas (AP) - A tour bus wreck in south Texas left
the vehicle overturned in the median and an unknown number of
passengers hurt.
The bus came to rest on its side Tuesday morning on Interstate
37 near Campbellton, about 45 miles south of San Antonio.
The Department of Public Safety did not immediately return a
message for further details on the wreck, which happened during
overcast conditions with temperatures in the mid-50s.
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CAMPBELLTON, Texas (AP) - An official says a Mexican tour bus carrying about 35 people has overturned along a southern Texas highway, killing at least two people and injuring an unknown number of others.
Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Tom Vinger told The Associated Press the accident happened around 10 a.m. Tuesday on southbound Interstate 37, about 45 miles south of San Antonio.
Vinger says the bus came to rest on its side in the grassy median.
Vinger says the bus was traveling from San Antonio to Matamoros, Mexico.
Vinger says the injured were being transported to hospitals in San Antonio. He did not know if the driver was among the injured.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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