34 Hurt as Senior Citizens’ Bus, Van Collide
A chartered Trailways bus carrying senior citizens on a gambling trip to Reno collided with a moving van Sunday, injuring 34 persons, one critically, authorities said.
The bus was carrying 35 passengers from the Seattle area and British Columbia when it struck the van on U.S. 97 about six miles north of here, state police Trooper Maurice Austin said.
Nine passengers required hospitalization, with injuries varying from bruises to broken bones, a nursing supervisor at Merle West Medical Center said.
“The truck was slowing down to turn into the fuel island, and the bus hit it from the back,” said Bob Oates, who saw the accident.
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