Last Updated on January 17, 2023 by C-CAR
The California Highway Patrol will release Friday the findings of a 13-month investigation into a fatal collision between a truck and a charter bus that killed 10 people and injured more than 30 others in rural Orland.
The crash, which occurred on Interstate 5 on April 10, 2014, involved a tour bus carrying dozens of students from Southern California high schools and a FedEx big rig.
Adrian Castro, El Monte High School senior was one of the five students killed along with three adult chaperones and the drivers of the bus and FedEx truck.
The tour bus was one of three bringing students to Humboldt State University for a prospective student event. The other two buses were not involved in the crash.
CHP officials will release the results of their investigation at 2:30 p.m. at the Hacienda Heights Community Center, 1234 Valencia Ave.
A preliminary report released a few weeks after the collision found that both drivers began their work days in Sacramento. The FedEx driver had delivered two trailers and was on a return trip with two other trailers when he lost control and crossed the median into oncoming traffic.
The bus was chartered to bring Los Angeles-area high school seniors to Humboldt. Its driver took over the trip in Sacramento.
The report by the National Transportation Safety Board did not address why the driver lost control on the evening of April 10.
