Bus crash kills 20

New Orleans - At least 20 people died when a bus bound for a Mississippi Gulf Coast casino flipped over in New Orleans yesterday…

New Orleans - At least 20 people died when a bus bound for a Mississippi Gulf Coast casino flipped over in New Orleans yesterday, according to authorities, who said the death toll could go higher.

At least nine other people were hospitalised in extremely critical condition.

The charter bus veered across three lanes of traffic, struck a guard rail, flipped over and hit a concrete embankment.

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