SHERMAN, Texas - An illegally operated charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to a religious festival in Missouri blew a tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 40, authorities say.
UPDATE: Missouri-bound bus crashes in Texas; 14 die
Friday, August 8, 2008 | 6:51 p.m. CDT
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