AT least 20 people were rushed to the hospital after a bus carrying three dozen people crashed and turned over on Sunday night.
The vehicle was zooming through roads in California’s San Bernardino Mountains when it rolled over a curb and flipped on its side.
The accident unfolded around 8:50 pm local time on Highway 330 near Running Springs, a rural town two hours east of Los Angeles.
36 adults and teenagers were on board the bus when it turned over, the San Bernardino County Fire Department said.
20 passengers were raced to nearby hospitals with injuries and three suffered severe injuries, according to officials.
The remaining passengers either left with minor injuries or said they weren’t hurt.
Crews arrived by 9 pm and found the bus on its side with passengers climbing out of the vehicle’s roof hatch to safety.
The riders were traveling downhill on their way home from a church camp in the San Bernardino Mountains, the SBCFD said.
Officials initially described the crash as a mass casualty incident and set up to quickly assess victims at the scene.
They treated 26 people in total.
Terrifying images shared by SBCFD showed police lights blaring in the darkness as a crowd of people was assessed by firefighters.
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