Woman killed in bus crash identified

A bus full of sleeping passengers awoke to a freeway nightmare Tuesday morning when their Greyhound bus overturned on a rain-drenched Highway 101 in South San Jose, killing two women and critically injuring at least five others, authorities and witnesses said.

The bus was carrying 20 people and had departed from Los Angeles Monday night with final stops in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Chronicle reported.

The accident happened just after 6:30 am, northbound on the 101 near Highway 85, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP).

The accident is under investigation and prosecutors have been notified, which Miceli said is a routine measure. Several passengers with minor injuries were ferried to a hospital in a local commuter bus to be checked out by medical personnel for bruises and cuts, the CHP said.

Greyhound spokeswoman Lanesha Gipson told CBS San Francisco bus number 86558 was on schedule traveling from Los Angeles to San Francisco with stops in both San Jose and Oakland.

Light rain began around 3 a.m. PST in San Jose, and then turned heavy around 6 a.m. About a quarter inch of rain had fallen by 7 a.m.

The two people who were killed in the Greyhound bus crash were reportedly “ejected” from the vehicle, a CHP official confirms.

Aerial footage from local television stations showed the bus resting on its side and propped up slightly by a concrete barrier.

Early Tuesday afternoon, the two women killed were removed from the scene.

No other vehicles were involved in the San Jose bus crash. When the driver came to, the bus was on its side, according to Miceli.

This story has been corrected to reflect that there were 39 passengers on the bus, not 19.

The driver of the bus has been transported to the hospital with unknown injuries.

Northbound Highway 101 was shut down in the area while emergency crews responded to the scene.