A tragic incident marked Mother’s Day for a driver in Los Angeles when an SUV was struck by a tour bus after being disabled on a busy highway. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is looking into the crashes that resulted in one death and injured 32 others early Sunday morning, just after 5 a.m. The investigation indicates that the Nissan Pathfinder was left inoperable for unspecified reasons, obstructing traffic, leading to the collision with the bus.
A spokesperson for CHP mentioned that the challenging impact left the Nissan Pathfinder engulfed in flames, with only one occupant trapped inside.
There is footage depicting the tour bus that was traveling from Morongo Casino to Koreatown. A passenger on the bus, Jorunnel, shared his experience, stating that he was hurled from his seat onto the floor as panic erupted in the bus following the crash.
“I was thrown about three or four seats from the back… there was glass everywhere, and it was just a cacophony of sounds,” he recounted.
Another driver who witnessed the incident remarked on how quickly it all happened, expressing regret about the tragic nature of the event occurring on such a significant day.
“Everything unfolded so swiftly… there was confusion and just a lot of red lights,” he described, emphasizing how sad it was that the day began on such a heartbreaking note.
The CHP confirmed that the westbound lanes of Highway 60 are closed indefinitely between Azusa Avenue and Hacienda Boulevard, although some lanes reopened around 7:30 a.m. The identity of the SUV driver has not been released as family notifications are pending.
