Aug 8, 2008 1:25 pm US/Central
Deadly Bus Crashes In Texas
(AP)
Here's a look at fatal bus wrecks in Texas during the past five years:
-- Aug. 8, 2008: At least 13 people died after a charter bus carrying a church group from Houston to a religious festival in Missouri slammed onto its side and then skidded off a freeway in Sherman. More than 40 were injured. Learn more here.
-- Jan. 2, 2008: One person was killed and dozens were injured when a charter bus from Mexico to Houston crashed onto its side near Victoria and then was hit by a pickup truck.
-- March 30, 2006: Two members of a Beaumont high school girls soccer team were killed after their bus rolled on its side on the way to a game. The team was traveling to Humble, near Houston, for a playoff game when the accident occurred on Highway 90 near Devers.
-- Aug. 25, 2006: Two people were killed when their pickup truck slammed head-on into a school bus in Southeast Texas near the Louisiana border. The crash happened on Texas 63, about five miles east of Burkeville in Newton County.
-- Sept. 23, 2005: A bus carrying nursing home residents fleeing from Hurricane Rita was rocked by several explosions after catching fire on a gridlocked highway near Dallas, killing 23. Coverage recap here.
-- Oct. 25, 2005: A tour bus driver was killed after a tire blew out and caused the bus to cross Interstate 35 and hit two 18-wheelers in San Antonio. Two other bus passengers and the driver of one of the 18-wheelers were hospitalized.
-- May 24, 2004: A chartered casino bus returning to Texas from Louisiana collided with a tractor-trailer rig on Interstate 10 in Anahuac, killing one woman and sending numerous others to hospitals in Southeast Texas. Anahuac is midway between Houston and Beaumont.
-- Feb. 14, 2003: A bus chartered by a Temple church group was south of Waco when it crossed the median and collided with a sport utility vehicle. Five bus passengers and two in the other vehicle died. Dozens were injured.
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