What the records say
- When
- 9 May 1999
- Kind
- Road accident
- Coordinates
- 29.99° N, 90.09° W
- Description
- 1999 bus crash in New Orleans, Louisiana
Mother's Day bus crash
1999 bus crash in New Orleans, Louisiana
The Mother's Day bus crash occurred on May 9, 1999, on Interstate 610 (I-610) in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, when a charter bus carrying 43 passengers veered off the roadway and collided with a dirt embankment. Of the 44 people on the bus, there were 22 fatalities in the crash.
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