A 29-year-old Anaheim man was arrested on suspicion of felony DUI after California Highway Patrol Newhall-area officers received a call reporting a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 northbound south of Vista Del Lago Road on Sunday evening, according to an official with the CHP.
Initial reports indicated a pickup truck had been involved in a crash with a charter bus and an additional vehicle, according to an email statement by Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez with the CHP.
Upon officers arriving on the scene, they discovered a charter bus with 22 middle school passengers and eight teachers/chaperones, a green Toyota Tundra, and a white Kia had all been involved in the crash, the statement said.
Officers contacted the suspect at the scene and conducted a DUI investigation, and he was then arrested on suspicion of felony DUI causing injury, according to the statement.
The driver of the Kia was transported to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital for treatment of injuries and occupants of the charter bus did not claim any injuries at the time of the crash investigation, Burgos-Lopez’s statement said.
The man was booked into the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, according to the statement.
