10 dead, dozens injured in California tour bus crash

Source: Xinhua | 04-29-2009 10:41

LOS ANGELES, April 28 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 people were killed and dozens more injured Tuesday when a tour bus carrying French tourists crashed on a highway in California, hospital officials said.

At least 10 people were killed and dozens more injured  Tuesday when a tour bus carrying French tourists crashed on a highway in California, hospital officials said. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Eight people are in critical condition and all the injured are being treated at a hospital near Soledad, about 200 kilometers south of San Francisco, local television station KSBW quoted hospital officials as saying.

The crash occurred at about 3:20 p.m. on the U.S. 101 highway when the day-night tour bus carrying 48 French tourists heading from San Francisco to Santa Maria overturned in Soledad, with three or four passengers ejected from the bus, officials said.