Multiple passengers were injured and five were killed when their tour bus crashed and rolled on the Highway 101 overpass near Soledad, Monterey County ,  California. There were 34 French tourists, an American driver and a French Canadian tour guide on board the bus when it overturned. "At this time, it appears to just be a solo-vehicle incident, meaning just the tour bus itself was involved," said California Highway Patrol (CHP) spokesman Brian Wiest, "It's a tragedy. It's certainly one of worst I've seen in a long time." The three patients who were the first to arrive at the Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital were all in a critical condition. Some of the injured were taken to the Lee Memorial Hospital in King City , other critically injured were being sent to the Bay area. So far eight people have been reported in critical condition . At least fifteen ambulances, and seven helicopter ambulances were dispatched to the scene. A thirteen year old is being treated in Fesno Community Regional Medical Center. Patients are being treated at over eight hospitals in the area. The tour bus was operated by Orion Pacific Charter Bus Co. and was traveling from San Francisco to Santa Maria . The French tourists involved in the accident arrived on April the 19th to tour California. They were returning to Los Angeles from where they were to continue to France when the accident happened.
Multiple passengers were injured and five were killed when their crashed and rolled on the overpass near , , California. There were 34 French tourists, an American driver and a tour guide on board the bus when it overturned. "At this time, it appears to just be a solo-vehicle incident, meaning just the tour bus itself was involved," said (CHP) spokesman Brian Wiest, "It's a tragedy. It's certainly one of worst I've seen in a long time." The three patients who were the first to arrive at the were all in a critical condition. Some of the injured were taken to the Lee Memorial Hospital in , other critically injured were being sent to the Bay area. So far eight people have been reported in . At least fifteen ambulances, and seven helicopter ambulances were dispatched to the scene. A thirteen year old is being treated in Fresno Community Regional Medical Center. Patients are being treated at over eight hospitals in the area. The tour bus was operated by Orion Pacific Charter Bus Co. and was traveling from San Francisco to . The French tourists involved in the accident arrived on April the 19th to tour California. They were returning to Los Angeles from where they were to continue to France when the accident happened.
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