Twelve killed in Texas bus crash

Updated 10.41 Fri Aug 08 2008
Keywords: Texas, crash, north Dallas, bus

At least 12 people have been killed and several injured when a private charter bus crashed north of Dallas, Texas.

According to a report by newspaper Dallas Morning News, the bus carrying 55 people crashed into a ravine in Sherman, about 60 miles north of Dallas.

The cause of the crash is not clear although police said a tyre on the bus may have blown out

The cause of the crash is not clear although police said a tyre on the bus may have blown out.

Police also did not yet know the name of the company operating the bus or who chartered it.

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