More Than 30 Injured in Connecticut Casino Bus Crash

A charter bus driving through a snowstorm to a casino flipped onto its side Monday, injuring more than 30 people and closing the northbound side of Interstate 95 in Connecticut.
More Than 30 Injured in Connecticut Casino Bus Crash
A Connecticut State Police officer investigates an overturned casino-bound tour bus on I-95 North near exit 61 in Madison, Conn., on Feb. 8, 2016. At least 30 people were injured, several critically, in the accident. The bus was traveling from New York City to the Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Conn. Arnold Gold/New Haven Register via AP
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MADISON, Conn.—A charter bus driving through a snowstorm to a casino flipped onto its side Monday, injuring more than 30 people and closing the northbound side of Interstate 95 in Connecticut.

The bus, which was on its way from New York City to the Mohegan Sun casino, crashed around 12:30 p.m. in Madison, east of New Haven.

State police trooper Kelly Grant said there were about 70 people on the bus. Passengers were taken to several hospitals, with the most seriously injured going to Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Emergency responders work at the scene of a tour bus rollover on I-95 North near exit 61 in Madison, Conn., on Feb. 8, 2016. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP)
Emergency responders work at the scene of a tour bus rollover on I-95 North near exit 61 in Madison, Conn., on Feb. 8, 2016. Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP