AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas prison bus carrying 15 people was hit by train on Wednesday, prison officials said, with local media saying at least four people were killed in the accident.
The bus with 12 inmates and three corrections officers was traveling from Abilene to El Paso when it veered off the roadway and ended up on railroad tracks, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said based on preliminary reports.
The accident took place near the western Texas city of Odessa.
The local CBS affiliate said officials at the scene reported at least four people were killed. The state's Department of Criminal Justice did not provide details on injuries or deaths.
The bus appears to have gone off a bridge and landed on railroad tracks, where it was struck by a train, the Odessa American newspaper said, citing a Texas Department of Public Safety official.
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