Last Updated on January 14, 2023 by CCAR Staff
LA VERNE >> One lane of the westbound 210 Freeway in La Verne will remain closed until about 9 a.m. this morning after a tour bus stalled and caught fire in the carpool lane late Sunday night, the California Highway Patrol reported Monday.
The No. 3 lane was still shut down as of 6 a.m., according to the CHP incident log, and reports show that crews would require about three more hours to completely clear the lanes to morning traffic.
The mishap was reported on the westbound 210 Freeway just west of Fruit Street at 11:36 p.m. Sunday, said CHP Officer Patrick Kimball. The incident was first reported as a stalled tour bus, with people out of the bus walking in lanes, the CHP said.
Thirty-eight passengers got off the bus and lined up against the center divider, Kimball said. No injuries were reported.
A SigAlert was issued shutting down all lanes of the westbound Foothill Freeway so that the passengers could be safely moved to the right shoulder to await another bus from a charter company in Monterey Park, he said.
The closure was also ordered to enable crews to clean up diesel fuel and oil that spilled into a storm drain, the CHP said.
The carpool lane and lanes 1 and 2 were reopened at 4:40 a.m., the CHP said. But the slow lane remained closed while cleanup continued.
The bus was returning from a casino trip and appeared to be from the W&H charter firm, a news videographer reported from the scene.
