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USA: Tour bus crash leaves 13 killed

by IBNS 24 Oct 2016, 08:09 am

Los Angeles, Oct 24 (IBNS): At least 13 people were killed as the bus, in which they were travelling, crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer in US city of Palm Springs, media reports said on Monday.

The incident left 31 others injured, reports said.

Federal and local investigators have started investigating into the cause of the mishap.

The mishap reportedly occurred at 5:17 a.m. local time on Sunday in Desert Hot Springs.

The bus was returning to Los Angeles from a casino located close to Salton Sea.

“In almost 35 years, I've never been to a crash where there's been 13 confirmed fatals,” California Highway Patrol Border Division Chief Jim Abele was quoted as saying by Los Angeles Times.