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Deadly bus crash in Oregon

December 30, 2012 11:00 pm • Last Updated: December 30, 2012 10:45 pm

Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a deadly accident where a tour bus careened through a guardrail along an icy highway and several hundred feet down a steep embankment Sunday about 15 miles east of Pendleton, Ore. The charter bus carrying about 40 people lost control on the snow- and ice-covered lanes of Interstate 84. Police said nine people were killed and about 20 others were injured.

Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a deadly accident where a tour bus careened through a guardrail along an icy highway and several hundred feet down a steep embankment Sunday about 15 miles east of Pendleton, Ore. The charter bus carrying about 40 people lost control on the snow- and ice-covered lanes of Interstate 84. Police said nine people were killed and about 20 others were injured.

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