WEBB COUNTY, Texas – A federal team began investigating the South Texas crash-site Sunday where a casino-bound bus wrecked killing eight and injuring more than 40.
The Saturday crash happened north of Laredo on Hwy. 83 in far north Webb County.
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Sunday afternoon investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board walked the crash site, and took some pictures and measurements.
The NTSB and Texas Department of Public Safety investigators are trying to determine what caused the bus headed from the Rio Grande Valley to the Lucky Eagle casino in Eagle Pass to lose control and flip.
Seven people died on scene, and another died at a Laredo hospital. Forty-four more passengers were injured and taken to hospitals in Laredo and Carrizo Springs.
An NTSB public information office said more investigators are on the way to South Texas to continue their investigation.