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An Orion Pacific tour bus carrying 36 people, 34 French tourists, one Canadian tour guide and an American driver, was heading south on 101 after making a stop on the MonterreyOn the bridge Arellano saw two triage groups, the more severe closer to the bus. “There were [also] walking wounded standing by for further care,” he said. Responding agencies included the Soledad, Salinas Rural, Gonzales, Greenfield, King City and Fort Hunter Liggett fire departments. Local hospitals including Mee Memorial in King City and Watsonville Community took in patients. Lauren Elsensohn, a spokeswoman at the Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula, said five patients were taken to CHOMP — three will be admitted overnight for observation; another two, both women, have been transferred to the Regional Medical Center of San Jose for additional treatment. The bus passengers were identified as French tourists. No ages were provided. Four of the passengers were under 18, Wiest said. Churchfield said no one wa
Firefighters transport an injured passenger at the scene of a tour bus crash Tuesday on U.S. 101 in Soledad, Calif. SOLEDAD, Calif. – A bus carrying French tourists overturned on an overpass in central California Tuesday, killing at least five and injuring dozens. Investigators were trying to determine the cause of the crash that shut down U.S. 101 for hours, but said the tour bus appeared to be the only vehicle involved. The maroon Orion Pacific bus lay on its side after crashing into the guard rail on the two-lane southbound overpass in Soledad, about 100 miles southeast of San Francisco. The crash ejected four passengers from the vehicle, sending one over the side of the road and onto railroad tracks 60 to 70 feet below, said California Highway Patrol spokesman Brian Wiest. “It’s a tragedy,” Wiest said. “It’s certainly one of worst I’ve seen in a long time.” The passenger that fell to the railroad tracks and two others died at the scene, said Maia Carroll, a spokeswoman for the Mont
