Tour bus smashes into back of truck, killing 13

Workers cut away debris from the front of a bus involved in the crash on Interstate 10 near Palm Springs Photo: Reuters

Sam Mircovich

A tour bus crashed into the back of an articulated truck on a Southern California highway before dawn yesterday, killing at least 13 people and injuring 31 others.

The bus was traveling west on Interstate 10 when the crash occurred near Palm Springs, a city about 160km east of Los Angeles.