A driver crashed into an OCTA bus and died this morning in Santa Ana

On Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021 at 8:35 AM, the Santa Ana Police Department received several calls of a traffic collision involving a silver four door sedan and an Orange County Transportation Authority bus at the intersection of 17th Street and Harbor Boulevard

Officers responded to the area and located the collision. Orange County Fire Authority personnel responded and began to treat the driver of the sedan before pronouncing him deceased at the scene. 

The preliminary investigation has revealed the sedan was traveling north on Harbor Boulevard approaching 17th Street. The bus was traveling north on Harbor Boulevard and stopped at the bus stop when it was struck by the sedan.
 
The Santa Ana Police Department’s Collision Investigations Unit (CIU) is handling the investigation.  Anyone possibly having information about this collision is asked to contact Investigator L. Bao at (714) 245-8223 or the Santa Ana Police Department’s Traffic Division at (714) 245-8200.

Art Pedroza Editor
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.
Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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