OAKHURST, CA : 1 killed, 11 hurt in charter bus crash north of Oakhurst on Saturday, 24th September 2016

One passenger was killed and 11 people, including the driver and six children, were injured Saturday when a charter bus returning from Yosemite National Park carrying students from China hit a tree on Highway 41 north of Oakhurst, the California Highway Patrol reported.

Four passengers had major injuries, and six passengers had moderate to minor injuries, the CHP said Sunday morning. The CHP said the driver, a 53-year-old man from Alhambra in Los Angeles County, whose name was not immediately released, suffered moderate injuries. Jd Singh, a partner with the charter bus company, said the driver was out of the hospital Sunday and was heading back home from Fresno.

The bus was carrying 22 people: a group of Chinese students ranging in age from 12 to 15 and four chaperones, plus the driver.

The bus was equipped with seat belts, the CHP said, and the passenger who was killed had her seat belt on.

The crash was reported at 5:36 p.m. at Highway 41 and Road 630, the CHP said. Patients were taken by three helicopters and nine ambulances to Community Regional Medical Center in downtown Fresno and Valley Children’s Hospital in Madera County, the CHP reported. The parking lots of the Vons grocery store in Oakhurst and Batterson ranger station on Highway 41 north of Oakhurst were used for helicopter landing pads.

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1 killed, 11 hurt in charter bus crash north of Oakhurst