DHAKA: A casino-bound bus in Texas rolled over killing eight and 44 injured on Saturday (May 14). 

The bus, owned by OGA Charters, was traveling north on Route 83 and went off the road about 42 miles north of Laredo after the driver lost control, the department said. The bus rolled over on a flat stretch of road in the rain, a department spokesman, Sgt. Juan Hernandez, said, NYTIMES reports on Sunday (May 15).

Seven people were declared dead at the spot, and an eighth was pronounced dead at a hospital, the department said. Their identities were not available Saturday night.

The bus had 52 people on board, including the driver, who survived. Fifteen people brought to Laredo Medical Center were in stable condition, said a hospital spokeswoman, Priscilla Salinas.

Others from the bus were taken to Doctors Hospital of Laredo, Dimmit Regional Hospital in Carrizo Springs and University Hospital in San Antonio. Their conditions were not immediately available.

BDST: 1105 HRS, May 15, 2016
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