[californiadisasters] Eighth Victim, Pickup Truck Driver, Dies After Tour Bus Crash

The victim was identified as a pickup driver who was struck by the bus Sunday on Highway 38 near Yucaipa

By Jonathan Lloyd | KNBC-TV Los Angeles

|  Wednesday, Feb 6, 2013  |  Updated 10:17 AM PST

An eighth person involved in a tour bus crash on a mountain road east of Los Angeles has died.

The death toll increased to eight after 72-year-old Fred Bailey Richardson, of San Bernardino, was pronounced dead Wednesday, three days after the tour bus crash on Highway 38 near Yucaipa. Richardson, hospitalized at Loma Linda Medical Center since Sunday, was driving a pickup that was struck by the tour bus on the two lane road.

Richardson was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday at 6:39 a.m. Aerial video after the collision showed Richardson's damaged landscaping service pickup on the side of the road near the tour bus.

Seven other victims were pronounced dead at the scene. They were identified earlier this week as 61-year-old Guadalupe Olivas, of San Diego; 40-year-old Elvira Garcia Jimenez, of San Diego; 13-year-old Victor Cabrera Garcia, of San Diego; 38-year-old Aleida Adriana Arce Hernandez, of Tijuana, Mexico; 34-year-old Rubicelia Escobedo Flores, of Tijuana; 32-year-old Mario Garcia Santoyo, of Tijuana, Mexico; and 24-year-old Liliana Camerina Sanchez Sauceda, of Tijuana, Mexico.

The California Highway Patrol, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Carrier Safety Administration are investigating the crash, according to an NTSB spokesman.

At least 15 people were hospitalized after Sunday night's crash. The driver,  Norberto B. Perez, 52, of San Ysidro, was among the hospitalized victims with severe injuries.

Passengers told NBC4 he told them before the 6:32 p.m. crash that that the brakes were not working and asked them to call 911. The bus struck two vehicles, including a sedan and Richardson's pickup, before flipping and coming to stop on an embankment.

Source: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Tour-Bus-Crash-Victims-Death-Passengers-Killed-190042251.html

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