Five Perish In Early Morning Tour Bus vs Highway Sign Collision South of Livingston

Livingston, CA…Northbound traffic is still being diverted from an early morning tour bus vs highway sign that has taken five lives so far. The bus stayed upright but the metal sign pole sliced through the bus and the bus finally came to a stop after the pole had made a deadly path through over 50 percent of the passenger compartment.

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Incident: 00058 Type: Fatality Location: Sr99 N / Liberty Ave Ofr Loc Desc: NB SR99 JNO LIBERTY Lat/Lon: 37.372228 -120.678244 Close
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6:59 AM 41 [181] CE-A41 ETA 20 TO SCENE / 1039 S3
6:28 AM 40 [169] CE-A41 ETA 30
6:11 AM 39 [160] PER 140-D10 CT PUT OUT THEIR CONE PATTERN JNO BELLEVUE TO SULTANA, ONE LN TO EXIT
6:03 AM 38 [152] 1039 64-S3
5:39 AM 37 [128] 140-D9 HAVE THE SULTANA ONR TO NB CLOSED
5:36 AM 36 [125] A64-002 VEHS ARE STARTING TO MAKE UTURNS THROUGH THE C/D
5:16 AM 35 [116] 1039 SGT ANDRIESE WILL CALL IN CREW // ADVSD A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR ETA
5:11 AM 34 [111] 1039 FRESNO CC, AIR OPS NOT IN TILL APPROX 0800 OR 0900HRS\
4:54 AM 33 [102] 64-D1 ANY MEDIA CALLS DIRECT TO 64-D1 CELL
4:53 AM 32 [99] 1039 C71 OFCR KOLTER W/ MAIT 64-S3’S 1021
4:51 AM 31 [96] 64-D1 WHERE DOES THE SGT WANT THE MEDIA TO STAGE
4:48 AM 30 [91] 64-S3 REQG 64-D1 ETA FOR PAO
4:46 AM 29 [89] 64-S3 APROX 2HRS ETA
4:45 AM 28 [86] [Notification] [CHP]-PER 140-D1 CT IS 97 NEED TO INQ THE TIME FRAME OF THE CLOSURE
4:43 AM 27 [84] 1039 S3 ADVD SEND NUMBER TO MDC AND S3 WILL 1021
4:40 AM 26 [81] 1039 CALTRANS THEY ADVD HAD COPIED LINE 48 AND WILL ASSESS ONCE ON SCENE
4:36 AM 25 [80] 1039 ENTAC OFCR GROVER
4:31 AM 24 [71] ATC PANGILINAN // NEG ANS
4:16 AM 23 [66] 140-D10 ALL TRAFFIC IS BEING DIVERTED OFF AT SULTANA TO THE FRONTAGE RD ON THE EAST SIDE UP TO HAMMATT BACK ON TO NB SR99
4:14 AM 22 [64] 64-S3 AFFIRM STILL HAVE A MADERA RESPOND DO ROUND ROBINS AND HANDLE TRAFFIC
4:03 AM 21 [62] [Notification] [CHP]-PER 30-S1 ADV 64-S3 THEY CAN HELP COVER THE SOUTH END OF MERCED IF NEEDED//OR CAN SEND THEIR UNITS TO HELP W/ THE TC
3:58 AM 20 [60] 140-D10 VEHS ARE BACKED UP TO SULTANA WILL BE DIVERTING TRAFFIC OFF
3:56 AM 19 [59] CE-C171 BRINGING IN A BREAK FRM BELLEVUE
3:56 AM 18 [58] 64-S3 DIVERT TRAFFIC TO THE FRONTAGE RD ON THE EAST SIDE AND HAVE UNIT CHECK IF THEY CAN GET BACK ON THE ONR
3:48 AM 17 [57] 64-S3 HAVE THE ENTIRE NB SR99 FREWY CLOSED DWN
3:48 AM 16 [56] ATC C147 NEG ANS
3:45 AM 15 [55] 1039 LINGDREN RES SPOKE TO ROBYN WHO WILL 10-5 TO 64-S2
3:40 AM 14 [52] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 ALLWAYS TOWING 209-394-7699
3:40 AM 13 [51] C64-003X TRAFFIC IS STOPPED
3:39 AM 12 [50] ATC C147 NEG ANS X2
3:35 AM 11 [44] 64-S3 #2 AND 3 LANE BLOCKED
3:35 AM 10 [42] C64-003X 97 NB SR99 JNO WESTSIDE #3 CLOSDED DWN
3:33 AM 9 [34] 1039 MCSO//LIV PD IS ALREADY 97
3:33 AM 8 [32] C64-001X WILL NEED TO SHUT THE #3 LN
3:32 AM 7 [28] 1039 CDF F/ GAS LEAK
3:31 AM 6 [23] LN 22 RESP 1141 UNITS
3:26 AM 5 [15] 1039 RIGGS/FIRE W/ UPDATES
3:24 AM 4 [12] RP ADV IN THE #2
3:23 AM 3 [11] 1039 RIGGS/FIRE
3:23 AM 2 [8] BUS 1125
3:21 AM 1 [4] ON THE RHS
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