At least 8 people have been killed and 44 injured in a tragic bus crash in Laredo, Texas. The Texas bus accident that occurred on U.S. Highway 83, 46 miles north of Laredo, involved a one-vehicle rollover of a charter bus headed to a Casino.
NTSB to probe South Texas bus crash leaving 8 dead, 44 hurt. https://t.co/N1NaX5UXHY
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 15, 2016
"The driver of the bus lost control and rolled over," trooper Conrad Hein from the Texas Department of Public Safety told Fox News. "Everything's real preliminary right now."
A bus has crashed and rolled over on its way to a casino in #Texas, killing eight people https://t.co/rRxQpWLfFt — Sky News (@SkyNews) May 15, 2016
Hein said that 23 people were taken to Doctors Hospital in Laredo. Another group of 15 people injured from the Texas bus accident were taken to the Laredo Medical Center and seven people were taken to Dimmit County hospital. Seven people died on the scene of the bus crash but the eighth victim later died in Doctors Hospital.
TEXAS BUS CRASH: Rain a possible factor in rollover that killed 8, injured 44 https://t.co/RvfVurkL4g pic.twitter.com/jTvZJ6MWwH
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) May 15, 2016
One of the survivors of the tragic accident was the bus driver. The Texas bus accident happened during a rainy Saturday morning and this weather could have been one of the reasons why the bus driver lost control of the vehicle.
The trooper added that it will take some time before the Texas bus accident investigation is completed. "I ask the entire State of Texas to keep the families of loved ones lost today, as well as the Dimmit County community, in its thoughts and prayers during this difficult time," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott stated via NBC News.
