Greyhound Crash Victim Says it was Pandemonium

July 22, 2010-One passenger says the Greyhound bus crash that killed six people was pandemonium. The Highway 99 Greyhound bus crash near Fresno that injured dozens and killed six was bound for Sacramento. The accident that involved other vehicles occurred after 2:00 a.m. in the vicinity of McKinley Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol.

There were forty-eight people on the bus traveling northbound and there were approximately 30 people injured in the crash. The people that were fatally injured have only been identified as four men and two women. The driver has been identified as one of the people killed in the crash.

There were approximately nine people that were not seriously injured in the crash and were put on another bus to continue to the Greyhound station on L Street in Sacramento. According to passenger Arlen Snider it was pandemonium. Snider stated he was sleeping at the time of the accident and helped others to escape the wrecked bus and people were everywhere.

The Greyhound bus has been identified as No. 30601 and had departed from Los Angeles Wednesday in route to Sacramento and was following schedule No. 6888. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Mechelle Sigmond the bus driver swerved to avoid an overturned Chevrolet Trailblazer, which caused the bus to hit the center divider and then strike a tree.

Sigmond stated the crash occurred on Highway 99 at approximately 2:14 a.m. and was leaving Fresno traveling north for a stop in Madera. According to Greyhound representative Timothy Stokes the bus line is cooperating with the California Highway Patrol in the bus crash investigation.

According to federal statistics Greyhound buses have traveled 143,515,000 miles in the past twelve months and there have been 114 accidents during this time period. There have been 188 bus crashes during the past 30 months.

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