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At least seven people, including a 6-year-old boy and his 16-year-old sister, were killed, and dozens more were injured in a bus crash in
Mississippi
on Saturday.
The
Mississippi Highway Patrol
said that the crash occurred in
Warren County
around 12:40 am on Saturday. The bus, operated by
Regiomontanos Autobuses
, was heading westbound on
Interstate 20
when it left the highway and overturned.
The cause of the bus veering off the road has not been determined.
Six people were declared dead at the scene, and one more died later at Merit Health Hospital in Vicksburg, according to MHP. Thirty-seven other passengers were taken to hospitals in Vicksburg and Jackson with unspecified injuries. The co-driver of the bus was not hospitalised.
The victims' identities have not been released, but Warren County coroner Doug Huskey confirmed to CBS News that the deceased
siblings
, a 6-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl from
Guatemala
, were identified by their mother. According to media reports, other passengers were from Central America.
The incident involved no other vehicles and is under investigation by the Mississippi Highway Patrol and the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division.
