Metro Bus Driver Hospitalized after T-Bone Crash on Clarendon Avenue
HUNTINGTON PARK, CA (August 3, 2022) – Early Monday morning, multiple were injured after a vehicle struck a metro bus on Pacific Boulevard.
The incident occurred just after 1:00 a.m., at the intersection of Pacific Boulevard and Clarendon Avenue.
Per reports, the driver of a silver 2000 Scion was traveling east on Clarendon when they ran a red light at the intersection. The Scion then T-boned the Metro Bus, pushing the bus into a nearby light pole.
Upon impact, the Scion driver fled the scene on foot.
Shortly after, firefighters responded and extricated the driver from the bus. Eventually, paramedics transported three patients to a nearby hospital with unspecified injuries.
No further details regarding the collision involving a metro bus on Pacific Boulevard have been released to the public; however, more information will be provided once made available.
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