Texas Bus Crash
August 8, 2008: At least 13 people were killed in a bus crash approximately 60 miles north of Dallas, Texas. The private charter bus was traveling from Houston to Missouri when it went off a bridge and rolled down an embankment. The passengers were members of the Vietnamese Martyrs Church of Houston and were on their way to the Marian Days Festival in Carthage, Missouri.
Fast Facts
- Headed from Missouri to Houston
- Time of accident: Approximately 12:45 a.m.
- Location: Sherman, Texas, to the north of Dallas
- 55 people were on the bus
- 13 people were killed in the crash
- At least 30 people injured
- Police said the accident may have been caused by a blown tire
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