The C.R. England driver training school in Fontana, CA trains new drivers at their facility, but houses them elsewhere. Every day, the trainees are picked up by a passenger van to drive them to the training facility, but on Thursday morning, the passenger van crashed off the freeway into a tree and rolled into a drainage ditch, killing one person and injuring several others.





According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash occurred just after 5:30 am when the driver braked and swerved to the right, lost control, and crossed a lane before colliding with a tree and rolling into a drainage ditch.

It is not known what caused the driver to swerve and lose control, but authorities did say that there were no other vehicles involved in the accident.

It has been reported that many of the passengers were not wearing seat belts and nine of the passengers were admitted to a local hospital with serious to moderate injuries. The passenger who was killed was partially ejected out a side window and declared dead at the scene.

UPDATE 2: other news outlets are reporting that there were only 10 passengers in the van, not the 16 that were originally reported by Los Angeles Times and subsequently reposted here.

It has been less than a day since the accident and many details are not yet known, but the California Highway Patrol will be investigating the cause of the crash.

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Source: latimes, ford

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