A limo bus headed from New Orleans to Harrah's Casino in Biloxi, crashed on I-10 eastbound near the Louisiana-Mississippi state line Friday afternoon.
The crash happened on the interstate, just before Mississippi 607, near Waveland.
All eastbound lanes of I-10 were closed from about 1:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The bus was traveling from a casino in New Orleans to a casino in Biloxi, according to Hancock County Chief Deputy Jeremy Skinner. The sheriff said the bus ran off the interstate, hit a sign and then a tree.
According to Skinner, the driver may have suffered a blackout related to a medical condition. 26 passengers were in the bus at the time of the crash.
Two of those passengers were taken to New Orleans for treatment via medical helicopter.
The rest were taken by ambulance to area hospitals with injuries ranging from cuts and bruises to contusions, broken limbs, and head trauma.
The bus is run by a company called Golden Gulf Limousines, out of Biloxi Mississippi.
Records show the bus involved in the crash was inspected in November and revealed one violation described as having “no or defective bus emergency exits.”