CNN: Mississippi Bus Crash Kills Seven People, Dozens Injured

RUSH TRANSCRIPT MARQUARD Breaking ░░░░░░░░ from Mississippi this morning ░░░░░░░░ people were killed and ░░░░░░░░ injured in a bus ░░░░░░░░ near Jackson Mississippi 37 ░░░░░░░░ were transported to nearby ░░░░░░░░ and the crash is ░░░░░░░░ under investigation Let s ░░░░░░░░ straight to CNN correspondent ░░░░░░░░ Romo with updates Rafael ░░░░░░░░ do we know ROMO ░░░░░░░░ and the number of ░░░░░░░░ passengers Now we know ░░░░░░░░ 37 of them have ░░░░░░░░ taken to hospitals in ░░░░░░░░ vicksburg and Jackson with ░░░░░░░░ injuries This is according ░░░░░░░░ the Mississippi highway patrol ░░░░░░░░ CNN affiliate wlbt citing ░░░░░░░░ county sheriff Martin pace ░░░░░░░░ reporting that it was ░░░░░░░░ 12 A M local ░░░░░░░░ when the bus traveling ░░░░░░░░ an interesting 20 went ░░░░░░░░ the side of the ░░░░░░░░ The sheriff also told ░░░░░░░░ pity the bus turned ░░░░░░░░ on its side leading ░░░░░░░░ passengers being trapped six ░░░░░░░░ were pronounced dead at ░░░░░░░░ scene of the crash ░░░░░░░░ happened near a above ░░░░░░░░ over 30 miles west ░░░░░░░░ Jackson a seventh person ░░░░░░░░ singer died in the ░░░░░░░░ according to highway patrol ░░░░░░░░ have also learned that ░░░░░░░░ of those who died ░░░░░░░░ children according to the ░░░░░░░░ county coroner siblings h6 ░░░░░░░░ 16 are among the ░░░░░░░░ that driver of the ░░░░░░░░ truck that help recover ░░░░░░░░ vehicle and some of ░░░░░░░░ victims bodies said that ░░░░░░░░ was hard to get ░░░░░░░░ the site of the ░░░░░░░░ Allison The traffic was ░░░░░░░░ to get to it ░░░░░░░░ one because roads were ░░░░░░░░ but once we got ░░░░░░░░ it s about 1 ░░░░░░░░ this morning when we ░░░░░░░░ the call we had ░░░░░░░░ get the bus stood ░░░░░░░░ to get it there ░░░░░░░░ the bodies had come ░░░░░░░░ the windows it was ░░░░░░░░ much a lot of ░░░░░░░░ game to recovery for ░░░░░░░░ recovered the body and ░░░░░░░░ get the most out ░░░░░░░░ Tow truck driver a ░░░░░░░░ Ellison also told wlbt ░░░░░░░░ took a long time ░░░░░░░░ authorities to recover some ░░░░░░░░ the victims because the ░░░░░░░░ ended up in a ░░░░░░░░ and many passengers were ░░░░░░░░ Allison I don t ░░░░░░░░ think about time but ░░░░░░░░ a couple of hours ░░░░░░░░ the time they were ░░░░░░░░ the bodies and some ░░░░░░░░ them were pretty hard ░░░░░░░░ drag up the heel ░░░░░░░░ to the the corner ░░░░░░░░ than that it was ░░░░░░░░ a long process of ░░░░░░░░ the bus keep him ░░░░░░░░ flipping to get it ░░░░░░░░ the way up down ░░░░░░░░ a ditch ROMO Tells ░░░░░░░░ it is investigating the ░░░░░░░░ of the crash A ░░░░░░░░ patrol spokesperson told us ░░░░░░░░ there were several Mexican ░░░░░░░░ documents that were recovered ░░░░░░░░ we don t know ░░░░░░░░ they were passports or ░░░░░░░░ other type of identification ░░░░░░░░ ve also confirmed that ░░░░░░░░ bus belonged to a ░░░░░░░░ called out The wu ░░░░░░░░ rahel Montana s based ░░░░░░░░ the Mexican city of ░░░░░░░░ An employee told me ░░░░░░░░ bus company transports passengers ░░░░░░░░ Mexico and the United ░░░░░░░░ but specified that all ░░░░░░░░ the passengers go through ░░░░░░░░ immigration checkpoints and must ░░░░░░░░ their passports or visas ░░░░░░░░ enter either Mexico or ░░░░░░░░ U.S.”