US bus crash kills 14
A tour bus carrying Chicago-area gamblers to a Mississippi casino crashed and overturned in Arkansas early today, killing at least 14 people, state police said.
The bus from Chicago crashed on Interstate 55 in north-eastern Arkansas, near Memphis, Tennessee.
Authorities believe it was headed to Tunica, Mississippi, a popular destination for casino gambling, when the accident happened about 5 a.m., state police spokesman Bill Sadler said.
An undetermined number of other passengers were injured and taken to hospitals.
Thirty people were aboard the bus, which was the only vehicle involved in the crash. Some of the dead were found crushed beneath the bus after wrecker crews arrived to pull it upright, Sadler said.
Authorities on the scene had not determined a cause.
Witnesses and survivors told police the trip was uneventful, then “the next thing we knew, we were off the road,” Sadler said.
A light mist was falling at the time of the crash, but visibility did not appear to be significantly limited, he said.
