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School Bus Crash in Citrus Heights

Dec 24, 2019 12:00AM ● By California Highway Patrol News Release

SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) - On December 16, at approximately 0728 hours, J Hendricks (60 years old) was driving a 27 passenger (no students on-board) school bus eastbound Tupelo Dr. west of Andrea Blvd at 25 mph.  Hendricks fell asleep and left the roadway. Subsequently, the school bus struck a green Hyundai sedan, a metal fence, a telecommunications box, and house at 5648 Tupelo Dr.