Woman Killed, 3 Students, Bus Driver Injured In Head-On Crash In San Diego County

POTRERO, CA — A woman was killed and three students and a bus driver were injured Friday when a car collided head-on with a school bus in rural San Diego County, authorities said.

The crash happened around 3:35 p.m. on state Route 94, east of Plaskon Lane in Potrero, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The woman, a 41-year-old Potrero resident, was driving a 2017 Honda Civic eastbound when she crossed the double-yellow lines into oncoming traffic for unknown reasons, striking a westbound school bus, CHP officials said.

"The force of the impact caused the Honda to spin out of control and crash into the raised berm on the southside roadway," a CHP news release said. "The school bus veered
off the northside roadway and struck a fence, telephone pole, and two mailboxes."

The woman died from her injuries. The bus driver, a 53-year-old Boulevard man, and three students suffered minor injuries, according to the CHP.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Drugs and alcohol do not appear to have been factors, officials said.