A freight train has crashed into a coach in Biloxi, Mississippi, pushing the bus 300 feet down the tracks and leaving at least four people dead, authorities said.

The US House of Representatives passed a $94.5bn (€75bn) Bill today to pay for continuing US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, hurricane relief, bird flu preparations and border security at home.

The runaway train that rolled through Ohio towns and farmland with a hazardous cargo started its near 70 mile ghost journey when the driver mistakenly hit the throttle instead of the brake.