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WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A SAN DIEGO COMPANY LINKED TO A DEADLY TOUR BUS CRASH.
THE COMPANY FAILED MORE THAN A THIRD OF FEDERAL SAFETY INSPECTIONS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.
SEVERAL PEOPLE DIED LAST NIGHT WHEN ONE OF ITS BUSES FLIPPED OVER RETURNING FROM A TRIP
TO BIG BEAR. THE VIOLENT CRASH 80 MILES EAST OF LOS ANGELES
LEFT STATE ROUTE 38 LITTERED WITH BODY PARTS AND DEBRIS.
MORE THAN 3,000 PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND AT LEAST 17 HOSPITALIZED.
THE BUS WAS CARRYING MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM TIJUANA.
THEY WERE COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AFTER SPENDING THE DAY AT BIG BEAR.
THAT'S WHEN THE BUS REAR ENDED ANOTHER CAR AND FLIPPED OVER HITTING A PICK UP TRUCK.
>> >>GUEST SPEAKER: THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT WE WE DON'T KNOW.
WE DOUGH DOO KNOW THERE'S A BUS AND TWO VEHICLES INVOLVED.
A PICK UP TRUCK THAT HAD A TRAILER BEHIND IT AND ANOTHER SMALLER VEHICLE.
>> >>DWANE: THE BUS TURNED SIDEWAYS ACROSS BOAR BOTH LANES WITH ITS WINDOWS BLOWN OUT.
FRONT END CRUSHED AND PART OF THE ROOF PEALED BACK LIKE A TIN CAN.
>> >>GUEST SPEAKER: WE DO KNOW THAT THE VEHICLE, THE BUS, HAD ROLLED OVER AND THERE WERE VERY
SIGNIFICANT INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THAT. >> >>DWANE: AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS INJURED
IN THE PICK UP TRUCK. THE BUS DRIVER SUR SURVIVED AND REPORTEDLY
TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS. FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION RECORDS SHOW IT HAD
NO CRASH IN THE PAST TWO YEARS BUT FLUNK SAID 36% OF RANDOM INSPECTIONS ON ITS VEHICLES.
IN SOME CASES FOR BRAKE AND TIRE PROBLEMS. THE CHP SAYS IT APPEARS SPEED WAS A FACTOR
IN THE COLLISION. FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS WILL DETERMINE IF MECHANICAL
FAILURE OR DRIVER ERROR WAS TO BLAME. THAT ONE PASSENGER SAYS THE DRIVERS PLEA TO
CALL 911 AS THE BUS WENT OUT OF CONTROL BECAUSE NO ONE HAD CELL PHONE RECEPTION.