In an instant, bus flips and five are killed

WESTPORT - They were dozing. Or reading, or looking out the window as twilight settled over the eastern edge of New York's Adirondack Mountains. Then they heard the harsh sound of tires as the bus driver suddenly struggled at the wheel.

The Greyhound flipped three times, said one passenger. Another said four. As he tossed among the seats, Christian Yopa said he thought of death for the first time. Five people around him were killed, including the driver, who was buried so deeply inside the smashed cabin that he wasn't removed until the morning.

Josee Renaud woke up on the bus' ceiling. Some woke up in the grass.