7 Useless, Together with 2 Kids, and 36 Injured After Mississippi Bus Crash

Seven individuals have died, together with two kids, and 36 others had been injured after a bus overturned on a street in Mississippi.

The business passenger bus flipped over on Interstate 20 in Warren County on Saturday, Aug. 31, Mississippi Freeway Patrol mentioned in a information launch obtained by PEOPLE.

The Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) mentioned the incident occurred after the bus skilled “tire failure,” based on the Related Press, CNN and NBC Information. No different autos had been concerned within the crash.

Six passengers died on the scene, and one other was pronounced useless in hospital, the information launch mentioned. The entire victims, which included a 6-year-old brother and 16-year-old sister, had been from Guatemala, NBC Information reported, citing the Warren County Coroner’s Workplace.

The NTSB and the Warren County Coroner’s Workplace didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s request for data.

Authorities responded to the scene round 12:40 a.m. native time. The preliminary 37 survivors had been transported to hospitals in Vicksburg and Jackson with “unknown accidents,” per the discharge.

The bus concerned within the crash was a 2018 Volvo, operated by Autobuses Regiomontanos, the Mississippi Freeway Patrol mentioned. The corporate is positioned within the U.S. and Mexico and transports passengers between each places, spokesperson Miranda Fernandez informed CNN. 

Mississippi Freeway Patrol spokesperson Kervin Stewart added to the outlet that “a number of Mexican identification paperwork” had been found on the bus.

In response to the Mississippi Freeway Patrol, which shared data from the bus firm, the bus was en route from Atlanta to Dallas with a complete of 41 passengers and two drivers.

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An investigation is ongoing, an NTSB spokesperson mentioned in a media briefing on Aug. 31.