KMIR 6 - Palm Springs News, Weather, SportsAll 6 Killed in AZ Bus Crash were Mexican Citizens
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PHOENIX (AP) -- Authorities say all six people killed in last week's bus crash in Arizona were Mexican citizens.
Officials with the Consulate of Mexico in Tucson coordinated with the Pinal County Coroner's Office to identify the five women and one man who died in the rollover accident on Interstate 10 last Friday some 25 miles south of downtown Phoenix.
The bus -- operated by Van Nuys, Calif.-based Tierra Santa Inc. -- was traveling from the central Mexican state of Zacatecas to Los Angeles. It was headed to Phoenix to change drivers when it hit a pickup truck, veered onto the left shoulder of the road, overcorrected and rolled.
None of the victims' names were released Tuesday, but authorities say five of the dead were from Zacatecas and one was from Coahuila. Of the 16 injured passengers, half have been discharged from Phoenix-area hospitals. Four people still are in critical or serious condition and four others remain in stable condition.
