MIAMI — Two people were killed and three were critically injured when a bus carrying 32 members of a church group hit an overpass at Miami Airport after the driver got lost, officials said yesterday.
The large, white bus was too tall for the 8-foot-6-inch entrance to the arrivals area, said airport spokesman Greg Chin. Buses are supposed to go through the departures area, which has a higher ceiling, he said.
Chin said the passengers told him they were part of a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses headed to West Palm Beach. Police said the group had chartered the bus to take them to a church convention there.
Two large signs warn drivers of large vehicles not to enter beneath the concrete overpass.
Three people were at hospitals in critical condition. The other 27 surviving passengers had been hurt, but their injuries were less extensive, authorities said.
One person died at the scene; the second died later at a hospital.
The bus was privately owned and typically used for tours.