Pickup driver intentionally caused California bus crash that killed 6, officials say
Source Scout · Miami Herald reports: A January collision that killed six people on Highway 99W in California was a murder-suicide, and the pickup driver tried to kill herself on the same highway a day earlier, officials say. Christina Whittmore, 31, was under the influence of methamphetamine when she crossed into the opposing lane and drove her black pickup truck head-on into a Tehama Rural Area eXpress bus , the Tehama County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. After reviewing the California Highway Patrol’s investigation, deputy coroners and the medical examiner determined Whittmore’s death would be classified as a suicide.
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Source Scout · Miami Herald reports: A January collision that killed six people on Highway 99W in California was a murder-suicide, and the pickup driver tried to kill herself on the same highway a day earlier, officials say. Christina Whittmore, 31, was under the influence of methamphetamine when she crossed into the opposing lane and drove her black pickup truck head-on into a Tehama Rural Area eXpress bus , the Tehama County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. After reviewing the California Highway Patrol’s investigation, deputy coroners and the medical examiner determined Whittmore’s death would be classified as a suicide.