KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The driver and a child in a small school bus received minor injuries when the vehicle went off of Highway 29 and overturned on Tuesday afternoon.
The crash involving the Lake County Office of Education bus occurred just before 3 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP said school bus driver Martin Hernandez, 63, of Clearlake was driving the small bus northbound on Highway 29 at Highway 281 at 50 to 55 miles per hour when he made an unsafe turning movement.
That movement allowed the bus to veer off the roadway and hit an embankment, the CHP said.
The school bus continued in a northerly direction, overturned on its right side, went down a ravine and hit a tree, according to the report.
Hernandez and one student, 8-year-old Elijah Fragoso, sustained minor injuries. The CHP said Hernandez complained of head pain and the child had ankle pain.
Another student on the bus, 11-year-old Connor Oswalt, and a second adult, Kimberly Shaw, 42, of Lakeport, were not injured, the CHP said.
Editor's note: This story replaces an early version based on a report from a first responder which incorrectly identified the injured and the number of people on the bus.
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