BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI — At least four people were killed and 34 people were injured when a train crashed into a charter bus in Mississippi on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the New York Times, about 50 passengers were aboard the charter bus, many of them tourists from Texas.
The bus was heading to a casino in Biloxi when it got stuck on the railroad tracks at Main Street railroad crossing. The driver tried to get passengers off the bus moments before the a freight train crashed into the vehicle.
“We were trying to get off ourselves. The train just kept coming and kept coming,” the New York Times quoted a passenger named DeLaCruz as saying.
The train, operated by CSX, was en route to Mobile, Alabama. It had three locomotives and 52 cars. No one on the train was injured.
Biloxi’s Main Street railway crossing has been the site of several crashes in recent years. A Pepsi delivery truck was stuck by a train at the same crossing just two months ago.
According to the New York Times, about 50 passengers were aboard the charter bus, many of them tourists from Texas.
The bus was heading to a casino in Biloxi when it got stuck on the railroad tracks at Main Street railroad crossing. The driver tried to get passengers off the bus moments before the a freight train crashed into the vehicle.
“We were trying to get off ourselves. The train just kept coming and kept coming,” the New York Times quoted a passenger named DeLaCruz as saying.
The train, operated by CSX, was en route to Mobile, Alabama. It had three locomotives and 52 cars. No one on the train was injured.
Biloxi’s Main Street railway crossing has been the site of several crashes in recent years. A Pepsi delivery truck was stuck by a train at the same crossing just two months ago.
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