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The Independent
12-05-2025
- The Independent
One person killed and 32 injured in Los Angeles tour bus crash
At least one person has been killed and dozens wounded after a tour bus collided with a broken-down SUV in Los Angeles. Police were called to the scene in Hacienda Heights just after 5 a. m. local time to find a sports utility vehicle in flames and a bus with significant front-end damage and a shattered windshield. Emergency workers were unable to save the driver of the Nissan Pathfinder SUV, who had become trapped in the vehicle. Two people riding the bus were critically injured while an additional 30 were taken to hospital, according to local law enforcement. Another 31 passengers onboard the bus, that was reportedly headed to Koreatown after a casino trip in the Coachella Valley, were unharmed. Preliminary investigations suggest the SUV had broken down on the road when the tour bus collided into the back of the vehicle, causing it to veer into the highway before smashing into the guardrail on the other side of the road. A passenger on the bus, Joe Runnel, told KTLA-TV that people were 'begging for mercy' in the moments after the crash that closed two lanes of State Route 60 for several hours. 'I was thrown from the back seat of the bus to the floor about three or four seats down,' Runnel said. 'Glass was on me … there was a lot of hollering.' An eyewitness who was driving on State Route 60 at the time of the crash said the situation unfolded so quickly that many of those behind the bus struggled to stop. 'It happened so quickly…a lot of chaos and then just red lights,' the eyewitness told local media. 'It's going to be very [catastrophic], especially because it's Mother's Day … it's very sad that it had to start like this.' Officials said the bus was headed from the Indio area of the desert near Palm Springs to the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. Police originally said the bus was coming from Morongo. The highway was fully reopened by late morning. The driver of the Nissan has yet to be named and investigations into the cause are ongoing. "Our officers who are conducting the investigation did speak with the passengers, obtaining statements and gathering information to try to ascertain what exactly took place prior to and leading up to this collision," CHP Officer Zachary Salazar told NBC4 Los Angeles.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Yahoo
1 killed, dozens hospitalized after Mother's Day morning crash involving tour bus on 60 Freeway
A person died and 32 people were hospitalized, including two in critical condition, after a tour bus crash on the 60 Freeway in Hacienda Heights early Sunday morning. KTLA's Angeli Kakade reports live on May 11, 2025. Details:
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Yahoo
1 dead in tour bus crash on 60 Freeway in Los Angeles County
The Brief A fiery crash involving an SUV and a tour bus carrying more than 60 people happened near Hacienda Heights. The crash killed the person inside the Nissan SUV. LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - One person is dead in a horrific crash between a tour bus carrying more than 60 people and a Nissan SUV on the 60 Freeway in Los Angeles County. What we know The California Highway Patrol responded to a call of the crash near Hacienda Heights around 5 a.m. on Sunday, May 11. CHP said the crash caused the SUV to burst into flames, killing the person in the Nissan. From the tour bus, 32 of the people inside were taken to the hospital and other 31 people in the bus were looked at by paramedic, but did not need to be transported. CHP said two of the 32 people hospitalized may be in critical condition. The tour bus was taking people from the Morongo area and they were heading to downtown Los Angeles and Koreatown. What we don't know Officials have not released the identity of the person killed in the SUV. The Source This report used information provided by Zachary Salazar of the California Highway Patrol
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Yahoo
At least 1 dead, 32 injured after tour bus crash near Los Angeles, authorities say
At least one person was killed and 32 others were injured, including two critically, after a tour bus and a sport utility vehicle crashed on a Southern California freeway, authorities said. The incident occurred just after 5 a.m. local time on May 11 on State Route 60 near Hacienda Heights, a suburban community about 22 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, the California Highway Patrol said in a news release. The fiery collision involved a tour bus and a Nissan SUV. When California Highway Patrol officers and Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel arrived at the scene, authorities discovered the SUV "fully engulfed" in flames with the driver trapped inside. The fire did not spread to the bus. The driver, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was the lone occupant of the SUV, authorities said. The county fire department pronounced the driver dead at the scene. Thirty-two people, including two people who were in critical condition, were transported to local hospitals, the county fire department and California Highway Patrol announced. Of those injured, 26 people sustained minor injuries, according to the county fire department. NHTSA recalls: Ford, Chevrolet, Polestar among over 900,000 vehicles recalled The preliminary investigation suggests that the SUV became disabled for unknown reasons and blocked a lane, according to the California Highway Patrol. The tour bus then collided with the rear of the SUV and caused the bus to veer to the right across all lanes before colliding with a guardrail on the right shoulder of State Route 60. Videos shared by California Highway Patrol showed the bus leaning against the shoulder of the freeway with significant damage, including a shattered windshield at the front of the bus. Some parts of the freeway were closed for hours due to the investigation. The area was later reopened at about 10:30 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol in the Santa Fe Springs area. The California Highway Patrol noted that alcohol and drugs did not appear to be a factor in the crash. The incident remains under investigation. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Los Angeles area tour bus crash leaves 1 dead and 32 others injured
Washington Post
11-05-2025
- Washington Post
1 killed, 32 injured in collision of bus and SUV on Los Angeles area freeway
LOS ANGELES — One person was killed and 32 people were injured, including two critically, when a tour bus and a sport utility vehicle collided on a Los Angeles area freeway early Sunday, officials said. The lone occupant of the SUV died after the vehicle became engulfed in flames following the crash just after 5 a.m. in the Hacienda Heights area, about 20 miles (32 km) east of downtown LA, the California Highway Patrol said in a news release.
