At least 10 people were killed and dozens more injured Tuesday when a tour bus carrying French tourists crashed on a highway in California, hospital officials said.
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At least 10 people were killed and dozens more injured Tuesday when a tour bus carrying French tourists crashed on a highway in California, hospital officials said.[Xinhuanet.com] |
Eight people are in critical condition and all the injured are being treated at a hospital near Soledad, about 200 kilometers south of San Francisco, local television station KSBW quoted hospital officials as saying.
The crash occurred at about 3:20 p.m. on the U.S. 101 highway when the day-night tour bus carrying 48 French tourists heading from San Francisco to Santa Maria overturned in Soledad, with three or four passengers ejected from the bus, officials said.
"We had a tour bus traveling south on Highway 101, crossing thorough the city of Soledad," said Brian West of the California Highway Patrol. "The bus overturned and passengers were ejected."
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At least 10 people were killed and dozens more injured Tuesday when a tour bus carrying French tourists crashed on a highway in California, hospital officials said.[Xinhuanet.com] |
Crash victims were brought by helicopters to Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, which is asking for French speakers, according to KSBW.
(Xinhua News Agency April 29, 2009)
