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Fatal Bus Accident in Templeton



A fatal bus crash that occurred late Wednesday night, September 18 at around 11:40 pm in the Templeton area has killed 1 person and injured several others. The CHP reports that the crash happened as 39 year-old Bradley Dratnol was driving a 2005 Prevost XL2 traveling eastbound on State Route-46 just east of McMillan Canyon Road. The bus was traveling in the #2 lane (slow lane), at 55 to 60 miles per hour when for unknown reasons Dratnol allowed the bus to leave the roadway. The bus continued along the dirt shoulder through a barbed wire fence and dense vegetation for 200 yards before driving off a 50 foot cliff and subsequently the front of the bus impacted the bottom of the dry river bed. Two people were ejected during the collision with one of those people sustaining fatal injuries. Five other occupants on the bus sustained moderate to severe injuries and were transported to nearby hospitals. David Turner died in the accident, while Dratnol, 26 year-old Carl Hardin, 59 year-old Jed Downing, 56 year-old Richard Lazarus, 66 year-old James Mayo and 59 year-old John Dauphniee were all injured. Both lanes of eastbound State Route 46 were closed for a few minutes while emergency crews established the scene. This collision is still under investigation.

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  1. UnknownSeptember 20, 2019 at 11:18 AM

    This reporting can't get any lazier, especially for a country station considering who this bus belonged to and the possibility that David might be a relation to him. Get off your ass and report something.

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