10 dead in Texas prison bus crash

Officials have confirmed that two correctional officers and eight prisoners died in a prison bus crash and another five people were reported injured 15 miles from Odessa, Texas, on Wednesday.

The Department of Public Safety announced that the bus crashed when crossing over an icy bridge. It fell off the bridge, crashing into a train. The prisoners were being moved from a prison in Abilene to a prison in El Paso.

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