Witnesses are saying it’s amazing that more people weren’t injured or killed in a Greyhound bus accident that occurred just outside of Downtown Fresno, California. As of this writing, six people were dead and another nine were seriously injured.
The bus was carrying 35 passengers from Sacramento to Los Angeles along Route 99 when it slammed into an overturned SUV and then ricocheted into a concrete barrier – clipping another vehicle in the process. Three of those killed in the accident were occupants of the overturned SUV. Another of the victims was the bus driver, James Jewett of Sacramento, California; he is the only victim that has been identified by name. Another man and one woman who were passengers on the bus also lost their lives in the crash.
Nine passengers from the bus were taken to the hospital with injuries ranging from moderate to critical. The Fresno County Coroner, Dr. David Hadden told reporters that both the SUV driver and the bus driver will have their blood tested for possible intoxicants, but that those results would not be available for another week.
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