"First responders found the bus on its side, with passengers escaping through a roof hatch, said a fire department statement. "A total of 26 patients, including three with major injuries, were treated. Of those, 20 were transported to area hospitals, all by ground ambulances," the statement said. Fire department photos showed paramedics tending to patients, some wearing neck braces, seated in a triage area set up on the highway."
"The bus, carrying adults and teens, was traveling downhill back to Orange County after a three-day youth retreat at Camp Nawakwa near the tiny community of Angelus Oaks in the San Bernardino Mountains, said Jarryd Gonzales, a spokesperson for the Diocese of Orange. About 125 people, including teens, staff and volunteers from Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Santa Ana participated in the event, he said. They were heading home in several vans and the bus that was involved in the accident."
A bus with 36 people aboard overturned Sunday night on a curve on State Route 330 near Running Springs, about 70 miles northeast of Los Angeles. First responders found the bus on its side and passengers escaped through a roof hatch. A total of 26 patients were treated, including three with major injuries; 20 were transported to area hospitals by ground ambulances and others declined transport. Paramedics tended to patients in a highway triage area, with some wearing neck braces. The bus was returning to Orange County after a three-day youth retreat at Camp Nawakwa. There was no fire or hazardous material exposure.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]