Aug 25 At least 36 people died in two separate bus crashes in one day in Pakistan, officials say By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Two separate bus crashes hours apart in Pakistan on Sunday left at least 36 people dead and dozens more injured, officials said. Continue reading
Jul 10 At least 18 dead in northern India after double-decker bus collides with milk truck By Biswajeet Banerjee, Associated Press India has some of the highest road death rates in the world, with hundreds of thousands of people killed and injured annually. Continue reading
Mar 29 South African investigators search for bodies of Easter pilgrims killed in bus crash By Gerald Imray, Nqobile Ntshangase, Associated Press Forensic investigators in South Africa are searching for the bodies of victims after a bus carrying people to a popular Easter pilgrimage in the town of Moria plunged off a bridge and caught fire. An 8-year old child is the… Continue reading
Mar 28 Bus plunges off a bridge in South Africa, killing 45 people. 8-year-old is only survivor By Gerald Imray, Associated Press Authorities say a bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in South Africa, killing at least 45 people. Continue reading
Mar 23 Texas pre-K school bus struck by cement truck, killing 2 and injuring 51, authorities say By Associated Press A cement truck veered into a school bus carrying more than 40 pre-K students returning from a field trip to a Texas zoo Friday, killing a boy on the bus and a man in another vehicle, authorities said. Continue reading
Oct 06 Southern Mexico bus crash kills at least 16 migrants, injures dozens By Associated Press Authorities say least 16 migrants from Venezuela and Haiti died early Friday in a bus crash in southern Mexico, the latest in a series of migrant deaths in Mexico amid a surge in migrants traveling toward the U.S. border. Continue reading
Jan 08 40 killed, dozens injured in crash involving two buses in Senegal By Babacar Dione, Associated Press At least 40 people were killed and dozens injured in a bus crash in central Senegal, the country's president said Sunday. Continue reading
Nov 23 Bus crash in Bulgaria kills at least 45 By Veselin Toshkov, Stephen McGrath, Associated Press The bus apparently ripped through a guardrail on a highway, though authorities have said the cause is still under investigation. Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch 5:53 News Wrap: Ecuador bus crash kills dozens In our news wrap Tuesday, a bus struck an oncoming vehicle at high speed and flipped southeast of Quito, Ecuador. At least 24 people were killed and 22 were injured; many of the passengers were Colombian and Venezuelan. Also, a… Continue watching
Apr 09 Canadian officials say body in hockey bus crash misidentified By Jeremy Hainsworth and Rob Gillies, Associated Press HUMBOLDT, Saskatchewan — Saskatchewan's Ministry of Justice said Monday one of the deceased in the crash that killed 15 people en route to a hockey playoff game was misidentified. The ministry said the body of Parker Tobin was mistaken… Continue reading