At least three confirmed dead in train, charter bus crash (Biloxi, MS)

[fleur-de-lisa]

http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/traffic/article136966968.html

At least three people have been confirmed dead in a train crash involving a charter bus at the Main Street railroad crossing in Biloxi.

Biloxi Police Chief John Miller confirmed the fatalities in a press conference Tuesday afternoon. Emergency personnel were scrambling to remove some 50 people from the bus, which is from Austin, Texas, Miller said. It’s unclear how many people were injured in the 2:12 p.m. crash.

The train was eastbound shortly before 2:30 p.m. when it collided with a northbound charter bus, Biloxi spokesman Vincent Creel.

Dozens of people were sitting on grass, some in neck braces, in less than half an hour as Merit Health hospital set up a triage area nearby.

[yallerdawg]

1. Now, that's some serious bad luck.

Like going to church on a Sunday, and getting hit by a tornado.

Looks like they may been at - or going to - back bay Boomtown Casino, which is a straight casino, no hotel - advertised as 'where the locals play.' That's where I go first in Biloxi.

Another reminder: