PUGalicious
09-02-2005, 08:09 PM
From the Associated Press via MSNBC (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9178253/):
Katrina evacuee bus overturns, killing one
‘Multiple critical injuries’ reported; all aboard taken to hospital
The Associated Press
Updated: 8:34 p.m. ET Sept. 2, 2005
OPELOUSAS, La. - One Hurricane Katrina refugee died and many others were injured Friday when a bus carrying 45 to 50 people from the Superdome swerved across a highway median and overturned.
The accident happened when the driver lost control of the bus, but it wasn’t immediately known why that happened, Trooper Willie Williams, a spokesman for the state police, told The Associated Press.
“Everyone on that bus was transported to a hospital,” Williams said.
One man was dead; Williams did not know his age or other details.
“We have multiple critical injuries and multiple serious injuries and some minor injuries,” he said. The exact nature of the injuries was not immediately known.
Katrina evacuee bus overturns, killing one
‘Multiple critical injuries’ reported; all aboard taken to hospital
The Associated Press
Updated: 8:34 p.m. ET Sept. 2, 2005
OPELOUSAS, La. - One Hurricane Katrina refugee died and many others were injured Friday when a bus carrying 45 to 50 people from the Superdome swerved across a highway median and overturned.
The accident happened when the driver lost control of the bus, but it wasn’t immediately known why that happened, Trooper Willie Williams, a spokesman for the state police, told The Associated Press.
“Everyone on that bus was transported to a hospital,” Williams said.
One man was dead; Williams did not know his age or other details.
“We have multiple critical injuries and multiple serious injuries and some minor injuries,” he said. The exact nature of the injuries was not immediately known.