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The Latest: Cowboys bus that crashed was headed to Las Vegas

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A Dallas Cowboys bus collided with another vehicle and authorities say at least one person was killed. Team spokesman Rich Dalrymple confirmed a Cowboys bus was one of two vehicles involved in the crash Sunday on U.S. 93.

KINGMAN, Ariz. >> Four people were killed Sunday when bus carrying Dallas Cowboys staffers but no players collided with a van on a northwestern Arizona highway.

The fatalities were passengers in the van, Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Quentin Mehr said. But the bus occupants emerged uninjured.

“All on the bus came through OK with some bumps and bruises,” Cowboys spokesman Rich Dalrymple (DAHL’-rimp-ul) said in an email.

Dalrymple said the bus was only carrying members of the franchise’s staff but would not say how many. There were no players on board.

The two vehicles collided in the afternoon on U.S. 93, about 30 miles north of the city of Kingman, according to DPS.

The crash shut down at least one lane of the highway that serves as the main route between Phoenix and Las Vegas.

The bus was on its way to a Dallas Cowboys fan event in Las Vegas. Charles Cooper, manager of GameWorks entertainment center in Vegas, said the session with 50 to 75 fans was scheduled for 3 p.m. PDT. People were already waiting when the president of a Las Vegas Cowboys fan club called to relay news of the accident. The event was subsequently canceled. Cooper says the team mascot was supposed to appear.

After the Las Vegas stop, the bus was scheduled to go on to Oxnard, California for the team’s training camp. Members of the organization typically take a bus two weeks before the camp starts and make stops along the way.

2 responses to “The Latest: Cowboys bus that crashed was headed to Las Vegas”

  1. Blunt says:

    Hope Cowboys bus had video recording all around. ALL commercial buses should. In the future, ALL automobiles will like airplanes. Tired of trying to remember to mount my smart phone on the dash and removing it after arrivals.

  2. allie says:

    those desolate roads leading to Vegas…too many speed or drive carelessly on them..so sorry.

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