By Judith Rayo
A damaged OGA Charters bus is hauled away after a fatal rollover on Saturday, May 14, 2016, south of the Dimmit-Webb County line on U.S. 83 North in Texas.
A Webb County official (click here) retracted his statement Sunday that a ninth person had died from injuries sustained in this weekend's bus crash.
Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina said at a mid-afternoon news conference that a ninth person had died at Laredo Medical Center. However, that statement was later retracted.
"At this time, there have been only eight confirmed deaths in Webb County due this incident," a statement from Tijerina's office reads.
The deceased were identified as Altagracia Torres, 61, Maria de Jesus Musquiz, 52, Dora Nelly Gonzalez, 68, Frances Guerrero, 52, Marisela Lopez, 60, Adelfa Garza, 63, Jaime Navarro, 60, and Emma Rodriguez Zamudio, 81.
Also Sunday, officials said the majority of the 44 people who were injured in the bus crash have been released from local hospitals....
