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Mexican tour bus overturns in Texas, killing 2

CAMPBELLTON, Texas (AP) -- A Mexican tour bus carrying about 35 people overturned along a southern Texas highway on Tuesday, killing at least two people and injuring an unknown number of others, an official said.

The accident happened around 10 a.m. on southbound Interstate 37, about 45 miles south of San Antonio, Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Tom Vinger told The Associated Press.

The bus came to rest on its side in the grassy median. Television footage showed people milling around outside the overturned bus, which had with debris and luggage strewn around it.

An unknown number of injured people were transported to San Antonio hospitals, Vinger said. He did not know if the driver was among the injured.

The bus was traveling from San Antonio to Matamoros, Mexico, Vinger said.

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