1 Dead, 21 Injured in Tour Bus Crash Near San Diego
One woman is dead and 21 others were injured after a tour bus heading to Valley View Casino overturned on southbound Interstate 15 at State Route 76 near Fallbrook Thursday afternoon.
When officers arrived, they found quite a chaotic scene, as you can imagine, with so many patients that were in the area," said Officer Jim Bettencourt with the California Highway Patrol.
According to CHP, the victim was a 64-year-old woman from Van Nuys. Officials said the victim, Tayde Murguia, died after being partially ejected from and trapped underneath the overturned tour bus.
The driver was a 56-year-old man from Compton, CHP said. As of Thursday night, officials had not released his name.Of the 21 people injured, six people were seriously hurt, 14 suffered minor injuries, and one person refused treatment. The injured passengers were taken to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside and Fallbrook Hospital, according to CHP.