Tour Bus Crashes in Arkansas, Killing 14
Posted on: Saturday, 9 October 2004, 06:00 CDT
MARION, Ark. - At least 14 people were killed early Saturday when a tour bus carrying Chicago-area residents to a Mississippi casino crashed on a highway and overturned, police said.
The bus from Chicago crashed on Interstate 55 in northeastern Arkansas, near Memphis, Tenn. Authorities believe it was headed to Tunica, Miss., 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.
The National Transportation Safety Board planned to join the investigation.
The accident occurred about five miles from Marion, Ark., just outside Memphis, Tenn.
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