Five dead and 60 injured in major crash with tour bus, trucks and cars

5 January 2020, 13:59

Five people have been killed and 60 injured in a major crash in America
Five people have been killed and 60 injured in a major crash in America. Picture: Foxnews.com

By Kate Buck

Five people have been killed in a horrific crash between a tour bus, cars and trucks on the Pennsylvania Turnpike

The dead range in age from seven to 52, officials said, with none of the victims under the age of 18.

According to Fox News, the crash happened at around 3.30am local time on Sunday.

The smash happened on the westbound lanes in Mount Pleasant, located around 40 miles south from Pittsburgh.

Pennsylvania Turnpike spokesman Carl DeFebo confirmed the fatalities, and said a further 60 people had been rushed to hospital.

A 911 call handler told KDKA-TV that the incident involved one tour bus, multiple trucks and an unknown number or regular vehicles.

An investigation has been launched into the crash.

More to follow...

Latest World News

See more Latest World News

Trump Hush Money

Publisher says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ in 2016 race

Biden Earth Day

US poised to send billion-dollar package of military aid to Ukraine

Obit William Strickland

William Strickland, civil rights activist and friend of Malcolm X, dies aged 87

Doctor Sexual Abuse

US government agrees £111 million settlement over Larry Nassar allegations

Israel Palestinians

Tent compound rises in southern Gaza as Israel prepares for Rafah offensive

Russia US Journalist

Moscow court rejects US journalist Evan Gershkovich’s appeal

Trump Hush Money

Judge conducts hearing on request to hold Trump in contempt for online posts

Officers caught the thief while on a stag do

Met officers on Barcelona stag do tackle thief who targeted restaurant 'full of UK police'

Orpheus Pledger allegedly assaulted a woman.

Manhunt for Home and Away star who 'dragged woman to the ground and stomped on her head'

Activists help migrants to pack their belongings in a makeshift camp in Paris

Police clear migrant camp in central Paris in pre-Olympics sweep, say aid groups

The embassy of China in Berlin

German EU politician’s aide arrested on suspicion of spying for China

Donald Trump

‘Catch and kill’ to be described to jurors in Trump’s hush money trial

Bosnian police arrest a suspect

Bosnia police arrest 23 suspected of being part of drug kingpin’s ‘inner circle’

People look at fragments of the television tower which was hit by a Russian missile in Kharkiv

Russian strike on Kharkiv TV tower part of intimidation campaign, says Zelensky

Malaysia Helicopter Crash

Two Malaysian military helicopters collide and crash, killing 10 people on board

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi

Modi accused of hate speech for calling Muslims ‘infiltrators’ at election rally