2 Dead, 40 Injured after tour bus crash

Mar 17, 2010 by Andrew

Two people died and forty people were injured when a tour bus en route to Matamoros, Mexico from San Antonio, Texas flipped onto its side Tuesday.

The Americanos USA bus left San Antonio with 42 people on board headed for the border city of Matamoros. About 45 miles outside of San Antonio, on Interstate 37, the bus veered from the right lane, spun around, and landed on its right side about 10:00 a.m.

Two passengers remained in critical condition late Tuesday, one at University Hospital and another at Wilford Hall Medical Center, both in San Antonio. Thirteen others hospitalized there and Brooke Army Medical Center were in stable condition.

A male and female passenger were killed but their names were not released.

It had rained overnight and early Tuesday, but investigators were unsure if weather factored into the wreck. There was no initial indication the driver, 47-year-old Irma Morado, was impaired. Investigators suspect equipment failure, though the tires appeared to be intact.

Americanos USA is a subsidiary of Dallas-based Greyhound Lines Inc. and has a good federal safety record.

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