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Eight people were killed and 43 injured after a bus they were riding in rolled over on Saturday morning on a highway in South Texas, an official said. Eight people were killed and 44 injured after their charter bus rolled over on a South Texas highway on Saturday morning, officials said.
The crash happened around 11:25 a.m. in Webb County, said Trooper Conrad Hein, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety. The crash happened around 11:25 a.m. in Webb County, the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement.
The bus was traveling north on Route 83 and went off the road after the driver lost control, he said. The bus, owned by OGA Charters, was traveling north on Route 83 and went off the road about 42 miles north of Laredo after the driver lost control, the department said. The bus rolled over on a flat stretch of road in the rain, a department spokesman, Sgt. Juan Hernandez, said in an email.
Seven people were declared dead at the scene, and one person was pronounced dead at a hospital. The bus had 51 people aboard, including the driver; 43 people were taken to three hospitals. Their conditions were not immediately known, Trooper Hein said. Seven people were declared dead at the scene, and an eighth was pronounced dead at a hospital, the department said. Their identities were not available Saturday night.
The owner of the bus or its destination were not clear, the trooper said. The bus had 52 people aboard, including the driver, who survived. Fifteen people brought to Laredo Medical Center were in stable condition, said a hospital spokeswoman, Priscilla Salinas.
The Laredo Morning Times, quoting Ricardo A. Rangel, the chief of Webb County’s Volunteer Fire Department, reported that the bus was owned by OGA Charters and was headed to the Kickapoo Lucky Hotel Casino in Eagle Pass, Tex., after originating in the Rio Grande Valley. Others from the bus were taken to Doctors Hospital of Laredo, Dimmit Regional Hospital in Carrizo Springs and University Hospital in San Antonio. Their conditions were not immediately available.
A phone message left with the charter bus company was not immediately returned. The bus was traveling to Eagle Pass from the Rio Grande Valley, the authorities said. Phone messages and emails to the bus company were not returned on Saturday.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s website listed OGA of San Juan, Tex., as having a satisfactory rating, with six inspections over the past two years.
The charter company reported having two buses that traveled 40,000 miles in 2014; no crashes were reported in the past two years, according to federal records.
In 2011, the company was fined a total of $1,990 for two separate violations related to pre-employment testing of drivers for controlled substances and the inspection, maintenance and repair of vehicles, according to the website. Additional details on those violations were unavailable on Saturday.