LAREDO, Texas (AP) – A charter bus headed to a casino has crashed in far South Texas, killing eight people and injuring 44 others in a one-vehicle rollover.
Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Conrad Hein says seven people died at the scene on U.S. Highway 83 about 46 miles north of Laredo and another died later at a Laredo hospital.
He says “The driver of the bus lost control and rolled over” but adds that “Everything’s real preliminary right now.”
Hein said the driver was among the survivors.
The trooper says it was raining Saturday morning but it was uncertain if that was a factor in the crash that occurred just before 11:30 a.m. He says no other vehicles were in the area at the time.
Webb County Volunteer Fire Department official told the Laredo Morning Times the bus belonged to OGA Charters and was headed to a casino in Eagle Pass, about 125 miles northwest of Laredo.
The National Transportation Safety Board it sending a team to also investigate the wreck. They’re expected to arrive Sunday.
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