Four dead, scores injured after Greyhound bus and truck collide in New Mexico
A horrific collision between a Greyhound bus and a semi-truck on an interstate in New Mexico killed at least four passengers and sent dozens of others to area hospitals, authorities reported Thursday.Preliminary information indicated the semi was headed east when it blew a tire, sending the rig across the median and into oncoming traffic where it smashed into the bus, New Mexico State Police said. Television footage of the crash site on Interstate 40 showed the front of the bus had crumpled after impact. The truck was on its side with debris scattered over the highway and a nearby median.Passing motorists described a chaotic scene with passengers on the ground and people screaming.Eric Huff was heading to the Grand Canyon with his girlfriend when they came across the crash.Huff said the semi’s trailer was upside down and “shredded to pieces,” and the front of the Greyhound bus was smashed, with many of the seats pressed together. Part of the side of the bus was torn off, he said.“It was an awe-inspiring terrible scene,” he saidTruck driver Santos Soto III shot video showing the front of the Greyhound sheared off and the semi split open, with its contents strewn across the highway.
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