At least seven people, including a 6-year-old boy and his 16-year-old sister, were killed, and dozens more were injured in a bus crash in Mississippi on Saturday.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol said that the crash occurred in Warren County around 12:40 am on Saturday. The bus, operated by Regiomontanos Autobuses, was heading westbound on Interstate 20 when it left the highway and overturned.The cause of the bus veering off the road has not been determined.
Six people were declared dead at the scene, and one more died later at Merit Health Hospital in Vicksburg, according to MHP. Thirty-seven other passengers were taken to hospitals in Vicksburg and Jackson with unspecified injuries. The co-driver of the bus was not hospitalised.
The victims’ identities have not been released, but Warren County coroner Doug Huskey confirmed to CBS News that the deceased siblings, a 6-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl from Guatemala, were identified by their mother. According to media reports, other passengers were from Central America.
The incident involved no other vehicles and is under investigation by the Mississippi Highway Patrol and the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol said that the crash occurred in Warren County around 12:40 am on Saturday. The bus, operated by Regiomontanos Autobuses, was heading westbound on Interstate 20 when it left the highway and overturned.The cause of the bus veering off the road has not been determined.
Six people were declared dead at the scene, and one more died later at Merit Health Hospital in Vicksburg, according to MHP. Thirty-seven other passengers were taken to hospitals in Vicksburg and Jackson with unspecified injuries. The co-driver of the bus was not hospitalised.
The victims’ identities have not been released, but Warren County coroner Doug Huskey confirmed to CBS News that the deceased siblings, a 6-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl from Guatemala, were identified by their mother. According to media reports, other passengers were from Central America.
The incident involved no other vehicles and is under investigation by the Mississippi Highway Patrol and the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division.