SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A preliminary investigation by San Francisco’s Safety and Enforcement Division into last week’s tour bus crash in Union Square crash should not have been on the road. The massive wreck left more than a dozen people injured, at least five people suffered life-threatening injuries.
According to the California Public Utilities Commission, the license plate attached to the bus involved in Friday’s crash belonged to a different bus, and there is nothing on file to show that the California Highway Patrol inspection the bus, as required.
“The CHP inspected the vehicle on file with the CPUC in September 2015, which again, was not the bus involved in the accident,” said Constance Gordon, a CPUC spokeswoman.
Gordon also said that the tour company, City Sightseeing, did not “officially notify the CPUC that it added the bus that was involved in the crash to its operations, which it is required to do.”
“Our preliminary information on the accident is that the license plate of the bus involved in Friday’s crash does not appear to match the vehicle the CPUC has on file,” said Constance Gordon, a CPUC spokeswoman.
At least 20 people were injured when a double-decker bus lost control, struck a pedestrian and cyclist, crashed into several cars then slammed into a construction site.
Scaffolding at the site crashed down on the sidewalk and street pinning a number of vehicles under the debris.
Six crash victims suffered critical injuries.
City Sightseeing did not return calls seeking comment.