Seven killed and dozens injured after Mississippi bus crashes

Seven people are dead, and at least 37 others are injured after a passenger bus crashed overnight in Mississippi on Saturday.

Troopers said that at about 12:40 a.m., the Mississippi Highway Patrol was called to a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 20 in Warren County, per WJTV. A 2018 Volvo commercial passenger bus was traveling westbound when the vehicle exited the roadway and overturned.

Six passengers were reported dead at the scene, and one died at Merit Health Hospital in Vicksburg, according to the Highway Patrol. Thirty-seven others were brought to hospitals in the area.

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The Mississippi Highway Patrol and the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division are investigating the cause of the crash. More information is expected to be released after the next of kins of the victims are notified.

Warren County is in western Mississippi, just east of Louisiana.