At Least 10 Killed In California Charter Bus Crash
A casino-bound charter bus has crashed, killing at least ten people in northern California. Eyewitnesses describe a terrible scene as the driver apparently lost control along a rural road, and the bus flipped into a ditch. ABC News’ Jeremy Hubbard has more.
A casino-bound charter bus has crashed, killing at least ten people in northern California. Eyewitnesses describe a terrible scene as the driver apparently lost control along a rural road, and the bus flipped into a ditch. ABC News’ Jeremy Hubbard has more.
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ABC News
Published: October 6, 2008
Colusa County, CA—The private tour bus was carrying up to 50 passengers to a casino in Colusa County, California, when it crashed. Witnesses described the bus doing a “cartwheel.”
David Dunlap, crash witness: “It looked like it rolled over, and it’s messed up in the rear end, is what I saw.”
Sergeant Pat Landreth, California Highway Patrol: “The bus veered off the road, he overcorrected, swung to the other side...appears he overcorrected again, he lost control, the bus rolled off to the west side of the road into a ditch.”
At least ten people were killed...at least 40 others injured...several were ejected. Medivac helicopters airlifted the injured to a dozen area hospitals. Emergency responders had trouble communicating with the passengers because many were of Laotian descent.
Officials say the bus driver was on medication...he was dazed, and was taken to a local hospital to determine if drugs or alcohol were a factor. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
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