2 Dead, 10 Hurt In West Texas Crash Involving Band Bus
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EL PASO (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Two drivers have been killed and 10 passengers hurt in a head-on crash in West Texas involving a bus carrying a rock band and a truck.
The Texas Department of Public Safety says the accident occurred on U.S. 62/180 east of El Paso around 9:15 a.m. MST Thursday.
Officials say the private bus, carrying members of Los Angeles-based rock band The Ghost Inside, was westbound when it struck the eastbound truck. Authorities are trying to determine what caused the wreck.
The bus driver, 31-year-old Gregory Hoke of Round Rock, and the semi-truck driver, 64-year-old Steven Cunningham of Las Cruces, New Mexico, were pronounced dead on the scene.
All 10 passengers on the band bus were injured and taken to various hospitals.
The Ghost Inside had just played at Tomcats West, in Fort Worth, on November 16.
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