A charter bus crashed in South Texas on Saturday morning, leaving eight people dead and 44 injured, officials told The Associated Press.
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The crash happened Saturday around 11:25 a.m.in Webb County near the border with Mexico, DPS Trooper Conrad Hein said.
He said the driver, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, was among those who survived the accident.
The bus was travelling from the Rio Grande Valley, south of the State of Texas when it overturned.
Priscilla Salinas, a spokeswoman for Laredo Medical Centre, said bus passengers being treated there were in stable condition.
The NTSB said it had sent a “go team” to begin the investigation at the accident scene.
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A bus owned by OGA Charters rolled on Highway 83, killing eight and injuring 44 on Saturday.
The retread itself wasn’t the cause, but panel noted that the tire was affixed to the front axle illegally.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators arrived Sunday in Laredo, Texas, to try to determine what caused the OGA Charters bus to roll over Saturday morning.
OGA Charters, which did not respond to requests for comment, had twice been ordered by Louisiana state inspectors in 2015 to take one of its buses off the road to fix brake and emergency exit problems, MCSA records show.
Webb county authorities said they do not know what caused the crash. The bus was put out of service because 20 percent or more of its brakes were defective.
Investigators examined the bus and the scene Sunday, Holloway said. His name and the names of passengers were not immediately available, Hein said.
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“We know this carrier had the vehicle violation problems”, Kildare said.
