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2 dead after church charter bus coming from Colorado conference crashes
By Amir Vera, CNN
 Updated 0139 GMT (0939 HKT) June 24, 2019

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A church charter bus carrying 10 adults and five children crashed in Pueblo, Colorado, Sunday, June 23, 2019. Two people died as a result of the crash.

(CNN) — Two people are dead after a church charter bus heading home from a conference crashed in Colorado Sunday.

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Pueblo Fire Chief Brian Caserta said that when emergency crews arrived, only five people remained on the bus and had to be extricated.

"The stability of the bus was in question, so crews had to work cautiously," he said.

Two people were declared dead at the scene, said Mike Lening, operations manager with American Medical Response paramedics.

Twelve people were taken to area hospitals in Pueblo and one person was flown to Colorado Springs, Lening said.

Injuries ranged from minor to critical, White said.

White said no information on the two dead victims will be released until notification to their next of kin, and that authorities are not releasing the name of the church.

CNN's Hollie Silverman and Dylan Miettinen contributed to this report.

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