A Mississippi official is identifying two women killed in a tour bus crash on an icy road near Memphis, Tennessee.
DeSoto County Coroner Joshua Pounders says the dead are 70-year-old Betty Russell and 61-year-old Cynthia Hardin, both of Huntsville, Alabama.
The two women died after a tour bus operated by Teague VIP Express overturned on Interstate 269 in Byhalia, about 35 miles (southeast of Memphis.
Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Capt. Johnny Poulos (POHL’-uhs) says witnesses told investigators that the driver lost control after crossing an icy overpass and the bus rolled over on the driver’s side, coming to rest in the highway median.
Poulos says investigators haven’t yet concluded how fast the bus was traveling.
