BUS CRASH VICTIMS

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29715, 8 January 1962, Page 13

BUS CRASH VICTIMS

Death Toll May Rise (N.Z .P.A.-Reuter— Copyright) SYDNEY, Jan. 7. The death toll in the Blue Mountains bus smash may reach six, the “Sunday Telegraph” said today. Doctors are trying to save three victims who are still in a critical condition. Two others are in a serious condition with extensive injuries. The critically injured are in Bathurst and Lithgow hospitals. Staff at both hospitals are keeping a constant watch at their bedsides. Others who suffered minor injuries in the crash were discharged from hospital yesterday. The bus. with 33 aboard, plunged 200 feet down a mountainside on Friday afternoon. Most of the passengers were hurled from the bus. as it turned over eight times. The injured and debris littered the mountainside for 200 feet.

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