By NBC News
LA GRANDE, Ore. -- Five people were killed and at least 20 others hospitalized on Sunday after a tour bus veered out of control on an icy stretch of freeway in eastern Oregon and rolled nearly 200 feet down an embankment, according to published reports.
Police told the Associated Press that the driver lost control of the charter bus around 10:30 a.m. on the snow- and ice-covered lanes of Interstate 84. The Oregonian newspaper reported that the bus crashed through a guardrail and tumbled nearly 200 feet down an embankment.
Oregon State Police Lt. Gregg Hastings told the newspaper that about 40 passengers were on the bus at the time of the crash.?Rescue workers used ropes to help retrieve the injured from the scene. Westbound lanes of I-84 were closed.
The Oregonian said 18 passengers were transported to St. Anthony's Hospital in Pendleton, about 50 miles northwest of the crash scene. Hospital spokesman Larry Blanc would not say?if or how many passengers sustained life-threatening injuries, it said.
Three fixed-wing aircraft also were on standby at the Pendleton airport if needed to transport injured to hospitals elsewhere, state police.
Authorities did not immediately identify the operator of the charter bus.
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