Tour bus accident kills15 in Arkansas

Sunday, October 10, 2004

MARION, Ark. -- The lone bus belonging to a mom-and-pop tour operator careened off an interstate and overturned early Saturday, killing 15 Chicago-area travelers on their way to a Mississippi casino. Witnesses told police the bus, which carried family and friends of the tour company owner, was drifting.

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