Successful-and-run crash involving a Metro bus left the bus driver and two passengers hospitalized early Monday in Huntington Park, authorities mentioned.
The bus was touring northbound on Pacific Boulevard at about 1:15 a.m., when a automotive heading east on Clarendon Avenue reportedly ran a purple mild, Huntington Park Division Police Officer Jesus Verdiell mentioned.
The bus and the automotive have been “concerned in a head-on collision,” mentioned Rick Jager, a Metro spokesperson.
Preliminary investigation means that the bus was T-boned, inflicting it to slam immediately into a light-weight pole, Verdiell mentioned.
The hit-and-run driver was behind the wheel of a silver 2000 Scion tC, Verdiell mentioned, and reportedly fled the scene on foot.
“Metro will proceed to work with native regulation enforcement to find out the precise reason behind the accident,” Jager mentioned. “The site visitors accident right now stays below investigation.”
The bus driver sustained accidents to the leg, Jager mentioned. Footage from the scene reveals the driving force was trapped within the wreckage and was freed by hearth officers who needed to reduce them out of the seat.
Two passengers on the bus additionally suffered accidents. Footage from the scene reveals responding crews pulling all three folks out of the bus and onto stretchers. They have been taken to the hospital by ambulance, Verdiell mentioned.
All three victims sustained non-life-threatening accidents, KTTV Fox 11 reported.
Police are investigating this incident and on the lookout for the driving force who fled.
“The remaining passengers boarded the subsequent bus and accomplished the journey,” Jager mentioned. “No different service impacts on account of the early morning accident.”
