10 slaughtered when truck crosses average, rams into learners' transport in California

Both vehicles blast into blazes

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

 NEW: The crash slaughtered both drivers, five people and three chaperones

 Passengers on the transport were learners going to visit universities

 The transport impacted a Fedex truck about 100 miles north of Sacramento

 The Los Angeles School District says there were nearby learners included

(CNN) - A Fedex truck crossed an average and pummeled head-on into a transport convey understudies in Northern California, killing 10 individuals, powers said Friday.

The crash Thursday night killed both drivers, five scholars and three chaperones, said Lt. Bill Carpenter with the California Highway Patrol.

The reason the Fedex truck crossed the average stays under examination, the roadway watch said.

No less than 34 individuals were taken to nearby healing facilities, powers said.

The transport was taking learners from different Los Angeles-territory schools to visit Humboldt State University in Arcata. The crash happened in Orland, about 100 miles north of Sacramento.

Both vehicles blast into blazes

In an articulation, the college said it got expressions of the accident however was attempting to discover more points of interest.

"Our considerations and supplications to God are with everybody included in the deplorable mishap on I-5 in California. We are coordinating completely with powers as they research," Fedex representative Bonnie Kourvelas said.

The truck additionally sideswiped an alternate auto before colliding with the transport. The state of the auto's driver was obscure.

Tommy Chang, the instructional superintendent for the Los Angeles School District, affirmed there were nearby learners included. He declined to give extra points of interest.

"The principal necessity is advising folks," he said.