Thursday, June 4, 2015

YOU ARE NOT IN MEXICO, JOSE, PAY ATTENTION TO THE ROAD: 2 DEAD, 30 INJURED IN TEXAS WHEN A TRANSPORTES DEL NORTE BUS REAR-ENDED A TRACTOR TRAILER

















JUNE 3, 2015

WEIMAR, TEXAS (AP)

Two people were killed and dozens more hurt when a passenger bus crashed on I-10 near Weimar Wednesday afternoon.

The bus slammed into the back of a big rig causing it to hit a car and pushing the car into an SUV.

The bus driver wasn't paying attention when traffic slowed down in a construction area, according to DPS.

He apparently tried to stop but it was too late.

The bus driver and a passenger who was ejected from the front of the bus were killed.

The injured victims were taken to hospitals in Columbus and La Grange. Some were treated by EMS crews at a nearby high school.

A Houston woman was in the car sandwiched between the big rig and SUV.
"It started spinning me around and I just put my head down under my arms and um, rode it out," Susan James said.

Her car was crushed but, remarkably, James wasn't hurt.

 A statement from the agency says the driver and another person on the bus were killed. The injured were taken to hospitals.

The crash happened in a construction area as traffic stopped in front of the bus, which the agency said was traveling from the border city of Laredo, Texas, to North Carolina. Video from the scene showed it was a Transportes del Norte bus.

The Mexican company didn't immediately return a message seeking comment.
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