A freight train smashed into a charter bus in Biloxi, Mississippi, on Tuesday, dragging the bus 300 feet down the tracks and leaving at least four people dead and dozens more injured, authorities said.
Images from the scene show the bus, upright and still intact, straddling the tracks, with the CSX train pushed up against its left side.
He said authorities believe the bus was stopped on the tracks at the time of the crash, but they don’t yet know why.
Witnesses told WLOX-TV that passengers were senior citizens.
Witnesses told WLOX-TV that passengers were senior citizens.
At least four people were killed, according to Biloxi city spokesman Vincent Creel, who said emergency responders were still removing injured people from the bus more than 30 minutes after the crash, pulling many through windows.
Witnesses told WLOX-TV that passengers were senior citizens.
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