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.

US President George Bush, making his first visit in three months to the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, was braced to lower his expectations of recovery during today’s appearance in New Orleans and Mississippi.

MISSISSIPPI’S hurricane survivors fear their plight has been overshadowed by the focus on New Orleans.