Los Angeles tour bus crash leaves 1 dead, 32 hospitalized on Mother's Day

Mother's Day took a fatal turn for a driver in Los Angeles after their SUV became disabled on a major highway and then was hit by a tour bus police noted The California Highway Patrol CHP noted it is exploring the two-vehicle crash that left one person dead and sent others to the hospital early Sunday CHP commented the crash happened shortly after a m on Highway West when a Nissan Pathfinder became disabled for unknown reasons blocking traffic and causing the tour bus to collide with the SUV As a consequence of the impact the Nissan Pathfinder became fully engulfed in flames trapping the lone occupant a spokesperson for CHP revealed NTSB PHOTOS SHOW NYC TOUR HELICOPTER 'SUDDENLY' BROKE APART MIDAIR BEFORE FATAL CRASH INTO HUDSON RIVERFootage from the scene shows the tour bus which was traveling from the Morongo Casino to Koreatown sustained considerable front-end damage as well as a shattered windshield One customer on the tour bus Joe Runnel informed KTLA that he was thrown from his seat to the floor and that people were begging for mercy in the moments after the crash I was thrown from the backseat of the bus to the floor about three or four seats down Runnel mentioned Glass was on me there was a lot of hollering MOTORCYCLIST CHILD KILLED IN DALLAS CRASH POLICE SAYAnother driver who witnessed the crash narrated the outlet that the situation unfolded so quick and that everyone tried to stop but there was just not enough time It happened so promptly a lot of chaos and then just red lights he revealed It s going to be very catastrophic especially because it s Mother s Day it s very sad that it had to start like this the witness mentioned DRIVER SUDDENLY STOPS IN MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY CAUSES MULTI-CAR CRASH THEN LEAVES VIDEOThe westbound Freeway will be closed between Azusa Avenue and Hacienda Boulevard indefinitely police stated However officers were able to re-open selected lanes as of a m Police noted the identity of the SUV driver is being withheld pending notification of next of kin