"11 defendants settle in fatal Texas bus crash" June 22, 2011|Associated Press
DALLAS — Eleven companies and individuals sued by the families of victims in the 2008 Texas bus crash that killed 17 people on their way to a religious retreat have agreed to out-of-court settlements, according to a recent court order....
Fifty-five members of Houston’s Vietnamese Catholic community were en route to an annual conclave in Missouri when the bus plunged over a highway bridge near Sherman, on Aug. 8, 2008.
The National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the crash, one of the worst in US history, was caused when the retreaded tire on the right front axle was punctured by an unknown object....
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