Four people were killed and dozens injured after a train hit a charter bus Tuesday in Biloxi, Mississippi, officials said. The CSX freight train was traveling east when it collided the charter bus that was heading north around 2:15 p.m. local time and pushed it nearly 300 feet down the tracks, he said. Expand / Contract At least 4 people were killed when a CSX freight train hit a charter bus in Biloxi, Mississippi (Jared Ramsey)"I just want everyone to know that we're doing everything we can do to help everyone on that bus," Miller said. Emergency crews were spotted still removing people from the bus through the emergency windows 30 minutes after the initial crash, WLOX-TV reported. The eastbound mixed freight train, traveling from New Orleans to Mobile, Ala., had three locomotives and 52 cars – 27 loaded cars and 25 empty cars.

Source: Fox News March 07, 2017 21:26 UTC