FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A Greyhound bus carrying 35 people and traveling to Sacramento from Los Angeles crashed on a highway in California's Central Valley on Thursday, killing six and injuring many others.
California Highway Patrol Officer Michelle Sigmond said the bus driver swerved to avoid another crash involving an overturned minivan and slammed into the concrete center divider and then hit another vehicle and a tree at about 2 a.m. just outside downtown Fresno.
She said six people died; early reports say there are multiple injuries, but Sigmond did not know exactly know how many. She said at least some of the injured passengers are being taken to Fresno Community Regional Medical Center.
The bus departed Los Angeles late Wednesday and stopped in Fresno before continuing on its route to Sacramento.
Bonnie Bastian, a spokeswoman for Greyhound, said the bus had 35 people on board and was on its way to Madera for one of about eight scheduled stops en route to Sacramento when the crash occurred.
Northbound lanes of Highway 99, a major route through the San Joaquin Valley, have been closed since the crash.
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