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U.S. NEWS Monday 16 July 2018

Eighth animal dies after jaguar escapes Audubon Zoo habitat

Associated Press the zoo was reopened
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Eight Sunday.
animals have now died The zoo acquired the
after a jaguar escaped alpacas in March from
from its habitat at the farms in Alabama and
Audubon Zoo in New Mississippi. The alpaca that
Orleans. died overnight Sunday was
NOLA.com reports an the zoo's last living alpaca.
alpaca and fox died One injured fox continues
Sunday, the day after the to be monitored.
male jaguar killed four It's not immediately clear
alpacas, one emu and one how the animal escaped.
fox Saturday morning. The Zoo officials say inspections
jaguar was captured and found that the roof was The Audubon Zoo closed after a jaguar escaped from its habitat and killed six animals, according
to a release from zoo officials, Saturday, July 14, 2018 in New Orleans. Associated Press
returned to its night house "compromised," but initial
after being sedated by a findings concluded that
vet team. keeper error was not a
No people were hurt and factor. q

New Mexico passenger bus

crash kills 3, injures 24 others

Associated Press side. At least two of the in-
BERNALILLO, N.M. (AP) — jured were airlifted from the
A crash involving a com- scene by medical helicop-
mercial passenger bus and ters. It wasn't immediately
three other vehicles on a known whether the other
New Mexico highway early two persons who died were
Sunday killed three people bus passengers or were in
and injured 24 others, some one of the other vehicles
critically, authorities said. involved.
One of the people killed Elder said the names of
was in a car that struck a the three dead were be-
pickup truck from behind ing withheld until relatives
around 2 a.m. Sunday on could be notified.
Interstate 25 just north of Sheriff's officials said 35
Bernalillo, about 18 miles (29 people were on the bus
kilometers) north of Albu- operated by El Paso-Los
querque, Sandoval County Angeles Limousine Express.
Sheriff's Office spokesman Its vehicles service cities in
Lt. Keith Elder said. the Southwest and Mexico.
The bus driver took evasive Bus company president
action to avoid hitting the Jerry Rosenbaum said the
disabled car and its driver, bus had started from Den-
who was ejected. But the ver and was en route to El
bus driver lost control and Paso, Texas. According to
the bus rolled onto its right Rosenbaum, two drivers
side. It was then sideswiped were on the bus and they
by a semitruck, according were among those hospi-
to Elder. talized. Travelers who didn't
Rio Rancho Fire Rescue require hospital treatment
said emergency crews had were placed on another
to extricate several people bus. Rosenbaum said the
who were trapped in the company has cooper-
bus using a tool that pries ated with authorities and
open parts of a vehicle. will help provide transpor-
Photos show a mangled tation for any passengers
car that's almost entirely upon their release from the
flattened and the bus on its hospital.q