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Passenger grabs steering wheel, causes New Mexico bus crash

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ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — Police say a passenger is facing charges after grabbing the steering wheel of a Greyhound bus during a dispute with his brother and causing the bus to crash into a light pole in Albuquerque. They say the bus driver and two passengers are hospitalized with serious injuries and two other people are hurt after the crash late Sunday night near an Interstate 40 exit. Police say 52-year-old Leroy Maass has been booked into jail on suspicion of three counts of aggravated battery resulting in great bodily harm and two misdemeanor counts of aggravated battery. They say Maass and his brother were traveling on the bus from Washington to Oklahoma.  

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