55 Americans Hurt as Bus Overturns on Tour of Israel
A bus carrying American tourists on a trip through the Holy Land skidded on a rain-slick highway east of the occupied Gaza Strip and flipped over today, injuring all 56 people on board, officials said.
Three of the 55 Americans were in serious condition and the bus driver also was hurt. The passengers, en route from Israel to Egypt, crawled from the overturned bus through shattered windows.
“I was climbing over bodies. Blood was just running all over,” said Dora Bowling, a retired secretary from Fairmont, W.Va.
The Americans were participating in an extensive tour of the Holy Land sponsored by the United Methodist Church’s West Virginia Conference.
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