New video is giving us a look at what happened in a deadly bus crash that killed three people on Sunday.
Friday, the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office revealed there was a fifth vehicle involved that narrowly missed getting hit by a semi.
Early Sunday morning, the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Department says a four-door Honda was going south on I-25, just north of Bernalillo.
That’s when they say the Honda crashed into a pickup truck. Deputies are still investigating the reason for that crash.
The pickup truck then crossed into the median and over the cable barriers.
The passenger bus, also headed south, then tried to avoid hitting the Honda but failed and crossed over the northbound lanes and ended up on its side.
“At that point, the driver of the Honda was ejected. Initially we had thought the driver did not survive the collision, but we later found out the driver did survive,” says Lt. Keith Elder.
The Sheriff’s Office then says this is when the vehicle we just learned about today, an SUV, crashed into the bus.
“Three occupants of the vehicle were going to get out and check on everybody. The driver told them to stay in the vehicle and he backed away from the crash scene. Shortly after that, the semi-truck had a collision with the bus,” says Lt. Elder.
The semi hit the bus and then crossed into the other side of the interstate.
In the lapel video, the Sergeant on scene tried to do the best he could to tend to everyone involved in the massive crash.
It wasn’t until a passenger on board the bus finally gave him an idea of what happened.
The three people who died from the incident were all passengers on the bus.
The driver who was ejected from his car survived and is still in the hospital at this time. He is also expected to make a full recovery.
The sheriff’s department says the bus company didn’t keep track of who got off the bus during the previous stops before the crash, making it difficult to identify everyone.
It could be another eight weeks until the accident investigation is complete.