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Two Students Killed in Texas Bus Accident:Posted By: Martha Buffett By PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press Writer DEVERS, Texas - A bus rolled onto its side Wednesday while trying to avoid cargo that had fallen from a tractor-trailer, killing two members of a high school soccer team, authorities said.About 20 others were injured when the bus toppled over and swerved into a ditch on Highway 90, about three miles east of Devers, authorities said. The crash occurred as the bus driver was trying to steer around plastic foam insulation that had spilled from a tractor-trailer, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. The team from West Brook High School in Beaumont was traveling to a playoff game. The crash killed Ashley Brown and Alicia Bonura, who were traveling with 20 other students, one chaperone and a bus driver. Eight of the girls were taken to Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, but no details were immediately available about their conditions, hospital spokeswoman Debbie Sebastian said. Eleven others and the team's coach were transported to Liberty-Dayton Community Hospital with mostly minor injuries, but all had been released by Wednesday evening, said Rita Dellostritto, an emergency nursing practitioner at the hospital. Two of the injured girls had been trapped in the vehicle and had to be pried from the wreckage, Trooper Richard Vasser said. The bus driver was taken to the hospital by the owner of the company, Beaumont-based Sun Travel Limousine, officials said. Devers is about 60 miles northeast of Houston. Courtesy Of: Yahoo! News The information reported above is property of Yahoo! inc. and reprinted or modified with legitimate permission. We thank Yahoo! inc. for the kind cooperation with us and other shareholders. |
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