Seven dead in New Mexico after bus collides with truck

A tire blew out on the eastbound truck, which jumped the grass median to hit the bus traveling in the opposite direction, police officer Ray Wilson told a news conference.The bus was carrying 49 passengers, a Greyhound spokeswoman said.It collided with the truck around 12 p.m. on Interstate 40 near the city of Thoreau, about 100 miles west of Albuquerque, the state police said.