Tour bus crash on snowy Oregon interstate kills 9
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January 1, 2013, Tuesday
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The stretch of rural Oregon interstate in the United States where a tour bus crashed through a guardrail and plummeted 31 meters down a steep embankment is so notorious that state transportation officials have published a specific advisory warning of its dangers.
Nine people were killed and more than two dozen injured when the charter bus veered out of control around 10:30am on Sunday on snow- and ice-covered lanes of Interstate 84 in eastern Oregon, according to the Oregon State Police.
The bus crashed near the start of an 11 kilometer section of road that winds down a hill. It came to rest at the bottom of a snowy slope, landing beaten and battered but upright with little or no debris visible around the crash site.
The East Oregonian said it spoke with two South Korean passengers, aged 16 and 17. Both said through a translator that they were seated near the rear of the bus when it swerved a few times, hit the guardrail and flipped. They described breaking glass and seeing passengers pinned by their seats as the bus slid down the hill. Both said that they feared for their lives.
The paper said that the teens, one of whom injured a knee and the other suffered a broken collarbone, were staying at a hotel arranged by the Red Cross.
The bus driver was among the survivors, but was injured and had not yet spoken to police.
Nine people were killed and more than two dozen injured when the charter bus veered out of control around 10:30am on Sunday on snow- and ice-covered lanes of Interstate 84 in eastern Oregon, according to the Oregon State Police.
The bus crashed near the start of an 11 kilometer section of road that winds down a hill. It came to rest at the bottom of a snowy slope, landing beaten and battered but upright with little or no debris visible around the crash site.
The East Oregonian said it spoke with two South Korean passengers, aged 16 and 17. Both said through a translator that they were seated near the rear of the bus when it swerved a few times, hit the guardrail and flipped. They described breaking glass and seeing passengers pinned by their seats as the bus slid down the hill. Both said that they feared for their lives.
The paper said that the teens, one of whom injured a knee and the other suffered a broken collarbone, were staying at a hotel arranged by the Red Cross.
The bus driver was among the survivors, but was injured and had not yet spoken to police.
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