2 Dead, 10 Injured In Crash East Of El Paso Involving Band

Two people have been killed and ten people have been injured in a head-on crash involving a bus carrying rock band The Ghost Inside that collided with a semitrailer east of El Paso.

Texas Department of Public Safety officials say the accident occurred on U.S. Highway 62/180 near mile marker 63 around 9:15 a.m. Thursday.

The bus driver, 31-year-old Gregory Hoke of Round Rock, and the semi-truck driver, 64-year-old Steven Cunningham of Las Cruces, were both pronounced dead on the scene.

All 10 passengers on the bus were injured and taken to various hospitals.

Photo: Twitter.com/TheGhostInside
Showni here in an undated photo posted on the band’s Twitter page.

Officials say the private bus, carrying members of the Los Angeles-based rock band was driving west on the highway when it struck an eastbound semitrailer head on for an unknown reason.