1 dead, dozens injured in California freeway tour bus crash

The California Highway Patrol reports that one person has died, and 32 others are injured in a tour bus crash in Hacienda Heights.

The bus collided with an SUV, which was fully engulfed in flames by the time emergency responders arrived, according to the L.A. County Fire Department. Thirty-two individuals have been hospitalized, including two in severe condition.

The Mother's Day catastrophe happened on the Route 60 highway in Hacienda Heights, a hamlet in the suburban San Gabriel Valley east of Los Angeles.

"Due to the circumstances of the sheer number of patients and occupants on the bus, this required a very large number of LA County Fire as well as CHP that in effect was a field triage," said Ofc. Zachary Salazar of the CHP.

According to California Highway Patrol officer Zachary Salazar, the SUV's driver died while trapped inside when the car caught fire.

The fire department shared in an update that out of the 32 people transported to the hospital, 26 suffered minor injuries. Approximately half of the passengers on board were unharmed, with 31 able to depart the scene without requiring medical treatment.

The cause of the collision remains under investigation.