Greyhound bus crash in California leaves 6 dead and 34 injured

6 dead, 34 injured in Greyhound crash on California highway
By Ashley Hayes and Melanie Whitley, CNN
July 22, 2010 9:36 a.m. EDT

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
35 people were on board the bus
California Highway 99 was closed after the crash
Greyhound representatives were on the scene

(CNN) -- Six people died and at least 34 were injured -- four of them critically -- in a crash involving a Greyhound bus and two other vehicles on a highway in Fresno, California, early Thursday, the California Highway Patrol said.

The accident occurred about 2:15 a.m. (5:15 a.m. ET) on northbound California Highway 99, highway patrol spokesman Officer Kirk Arnold said. The bus apparently struck an overturned SUV that was in the highway's fast lane, then possibly struck a second vehicle before traveling down an embankment and slamming into a large eucalyptus tree, Arnold said.

"We're still trying to piece everything together," he told reporters. Authorities believe at least one of the people who died was a person in the overturned SUV, he said.
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