IT WAS RIGHT HERE AT THE NINE MILE MARKER WHERE A BUS OF PASSENGERS CRASHED WITH
47 PEOPLE INSIDE. AND AMONG THOSE KILLED A SIX
YEAR OLD BOY AND HIS 16 YEAR OLD
SISTER. NOW THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY
PATROL IS WORKING TO FIND OUT WHAT EXACTLY CAUSED
THE BUS TO VEER OFF THE ROAD. IT'S TERRIBLE ANYTIME YOU HAVE
ANYBODY INJURED OR KILLED, IT'S A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. AND WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE
FATALITIES AND MULTIPLE
INJURIES, IT JUST COMPOUNDS THE TRAGEDY.
THE SHERIFF OF WARREN COUNTY, WE DON'T LIKE WHEN IT HAPPENS
AND WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO
HAVE TO, UH, TELL THAT NEWS TO ANY FAMILY,
ESPECIALLY AT, YOU KNOW, A CHILD AND LEADERS WITH THE MISSISSIPPI
HIGHWAY PATROL AND DISBELIEF AFTER THE HORRIFIC
TRAGEDY. MASTER SERGEANT KIRVIN STEWART
WITH MH P SAYS THE BUS WITH THE
COMPANY, RIO MONTANO'S WAS TRAVELING
WESTBOUND ON I 20 WITH 47
PASSENGERS ON BOARD BUT JUST AFTER 12:30 A.M.
SERGEANT STEWART SAYS THIS HAPPENED FOR WHATEVER
REASON. THE BUS LEFT THE ROADWAY AND
OVERTURNED INTO THE MEDIAN. SEVEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED
INCLUDING A SIX YEAR OLD MALE
AND A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL WHO WERE LATER
IDENTIFIED AS BROTHER AND
SISTER. THE WARREN COUNTY CORONER SAYS THEY BOTH WERE FROM GUATEMALA. APPROXIMATELY 37 PASSENGERS WERE
TRANSPORTED TO REGIONAL HOSPITALS HERE IN VICKSBURG AND
ALSO IN, IN JACKSON. IT'S UNCLEAR THOUGH WHERE THE
BUS WAS HEADED. UH FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND BASED
ON SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT
WERE FOUND ON THE BUS. THERE WERE MEXICAN NATIONAL, WE FOUND SOME MEXICAN I DS AND
DO PASSPORTS AND DOCUMENTATION STATING THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE
WERE OF MEXICAN DESCENT. I CAN'T TELL YOU ALL THE
COUNTRIES THEY ARE FROM, BUT FROM WHAT I CAN TELL SOME OF
THEM WERE OF MEXICAN DESCENT. NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT
EXACTLY CAUSED THE CRASH, THERE'S STILL MORE QUESTIONS
THAN ANSWERS. THAT'S WHY MH P IS CURRENTLY
INVESTIGATING REPORTING IN WARREN COUNTY, CHRIS FIELDS, FOX 40 NEWS.