A tour bus slammed into the back of a semi-truck on a Southern California highway early Sunday, killing 13 people and injuring at least 31 others, some critically, authorities said. The USA Holiday tour bus was returning to Los Angeles after a visit to the Red Earth Casino in Thermal, about 25 miles southeast of Palm Springs. The bus driver was killed, and the truck driver received minor injuries. The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a team to California to investigate the crash, board spokesman Eric Weiss said. In August, a bus in central California hit a highway sign post that tore through the vehicle and left four people dead.

Source: India Today October 23, 2016 23:01 UTC