Road accident

Mother's Day bus crash

9 May 1999 · 29.99° N, 90.09° W

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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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