Last Updated on October 24, 2016 by CCAR Staff
PALM SPRINGS >> All 13 people killed in a Palm Springs-area bus crash Sunday have been identified by the Riverside County Coroner’s Office.
• Photos: 13 die in Palm Springs bus crash
Many of those identified are from Los Angeles and all are 50 or older. They were killed when a westbound bus crashed into a semi on the 10 Freeway early Sunday morning. The bus driver was among the 13 killed.
• Photo: Memorial grows for victims of Palm Springs bus crash
Thirty one others were injured, five of whom remained in intensive care Sunday evening. Their conditions were not immediately known Monday morning.
Those identified by the coroner’s office are:
• Zoila Aguilera, 72, of Los Angeles
• Conception Corvera, 57, of Palmdale
• Dora Galvez de Rodriguez, 69, of Los Angeles
• Ana Gomes de Magallon, 71, of Los Angeles
• Milagros Gonzales, 72, of Los Angeles
• Gustavo Green, 62, of Los Angeles
• Isabel Jimenez Hernandez, 66, of Los Angeles
• Tony Mai, 50, of Los Angeles
• Yolanda Mendoza, 69, of Los Angeles
• Rosa Ruiz, 53, of Los Angeles
• Elvia Sanchez, 52, of Los Angeles
• Aracely Tije, 63, of Los Angeles
• Teodulo Vides, 59, of Los Angeles (who owned the bus company)
All 13 victims died at the scene, on the freeway about two miles east of the Highway 62 exit, according to the coroner. The CHP said Sunday that most of them were in the front of the bus and most were asleep when the bus plowed into the back of the semi.
Another 31 people were injured, five of whom remained in intensive care Sunday evening. Their conditions were not immediately known Monday morning.
