PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) - A survivor of a deadly bus crash in Eastern Oregon says she and several other passengers were ejected after the tour bus smashed through a guardrail and plummeted down an embankment
22-year-old Berlyn Sanderson of Canada says windows on the bus broke as it careened down the embankment, and she and a number of others were thrown out.
She says the bus began skidding on ice before it hit the guardrail on Interstate 84 and plummeted 100 feet down an embankment.
Sunday's crash killed nine people and sent more than 30 others to hospitals.
It occurred on a section of I-84 that is notorious for its icy conditions during the winter.
The bus was returning to British Columbia from a trip to Las Vegas. Some of the passengers were exchange students from South Korea.
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PENDLETON, Ore. - NBC Right Now has new information from a spokesperson at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton.
The spokesperson says of the 26 people originally taken to St. Anthony Hospital, 25 are of Korean heritage and one is Japanese. Most are Canadian citizens while several are from Seattle and Korea.
Of the 14 people left at St. Anthony, one is in serious condition and the others are in fair condition. The hospital discharged 7 people Sunday and most of the rest are expected to be released Monday afternoon.
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PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) - A federal agency has sent two investigators to the site of an Eastern Oregon tour bus crash that killed nine people.
The National Transportation Safety Board said Monday it would look into the conditions on Interstate 84 and the guardrail the tour bus crashed through Sunday morning. It also will examine the operations of the Vancouver, British Columbia, bus carrier.
The agency says the 1998-model bus rolled at least once when it wrecked on a long descent known for dangerous winter driving conditions.
More than 40 people were aboard the bus traveling from Las Vegas to Vancouver.
On Monday, 14 remained at a hospital in nearby Pendleton. Sixteen had been sent to other hospitals.
A passenger told reporters the bus was carrying mostly exchange students from South Korea.
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PENDLETON, Ore. - A hospital official says it appears 46 people were aboard a tour bus that crashed through a guardrail and down a slope on an icy stretch of interstate in northeastern Oregon, killing nine passengers.
Larry Blanc, a spokesman for St. Anthony Hospital in nearby Pendleton, said Monday that 14 of those aboard remain at St. Anthony, one in serious condition. Seven were discharged Sunday and are in the care of the Red Cross.
Blanc says 16 people were sent to other hospitals in the region, including the Oregon Health & Science University hospital in Portland.
The bus crashed Sunday morning along a stretch of Interstate 84 known for snowy, icy conditions during the winter season.
