How many people have died in soledad bus crash?”
The Orion Pacific tour bus — which was carrying mostly French tourists and some children — overturned at about 3:25 p.m. off of Highway 101 near Soledad, veered across the highway and crashed into a guard rail. Maia Carroll, a spokeswoman for the Monterey County Office of Emergency Services, said there were at least five confirmed deaths — three who died at the scene, including the passenger who fell to the railroad tracks, and two who later died at hospitals.