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03-16-2010, 06:33 PM
Texas tour bus crash kills 2, injures 18
March 16, 2010 1:42 p.m. EDT
(CNN) -- A tour bus carrying at least 35 people rolled over Tuesday near Campbellton, Texas, killing two people and injuring more than a dozen, an official told CNN.
Tommy Cavazos, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, said that 18 people were injured in the Americanos tour bus crash on Interstate 37, about 50 miles south of San Antonio in southern Texas.
Most of the injured are being transported to San Antonio's Brooke Army Medical Center and University Hospital, Cavazos said.
The bus, which was headed to Matamoros, Mexico, flipped and landed on its right side, he said.
The names of those killed were not released.
Video from the scene showed the bus lying on its side in the highway's grassy median, with clothing and other items scattered on the ground nearby.
Emergency personnel, including fire trucks and ambulances, were on the scene.
Mark Baldon, who came upon the crash shortly after it happened Tuesday morning, said he saw the bus "smoldering," CNN affiliate KSAT reported.
CNN's Divina Mims and Jamie Morrison contributed to this report.
March 16, 2010 1:42 p.m. EDT
(CNN) -- A tour bus carrying at least 35 people rolled over Tuesday near Campbellton, Texas, killing two people and injuring more than a dozen, an official told CNN.
Tommy Cavazos, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, said that 18 people were injured in the Americanos tour bus crash on Interstate 37, about 50 miles south of San Antonio in southern Texas.
Most of the injured are being transported to San Antonio's Brooke Army Medical Center and University Hospital, Cavazos said.
The bus, which was headed to Matamoros, Mexico, flipped and landed on its right side, he said.
The names of those killed were not released.
Video from the scene showed the bus lying on its side in the highway's grassy median, with clothing and other items scattered on the ground nearby.
Emergency personnel, including fire trucks and ambulances, were on the scene.
Mark Baldon, who came upon the crash shortly after it happened Tuesday morning, said he saw the bus "smoldering," CNN affiliate KSAT reported.
CNN's Divina Mims and Jamie Morrison contributed to this report.