in fact bonslater even told authorities he was exhausted. the investigators will put together a 24-hour profile to determine what bonslater was doing in the days leading up to the crash. meanwhile, anen to john al vera has been waiting to view his mother's body at the morgue. >> i asked them in i could see my mother today. they said i have to wait until tomorrow. it's painful painful. hurtful. >> reporter: fely olivera was likely asleep when the bus overturned yesterday on the connector from 101 to 85 north. she chose the red eye from southern california to make it back in time for a doctors appointment. when we told antonio the driver fell asleep at the wheel he said this. >> i don't have any, you know, like hate towards the driver. it's an accident. no one wanted it to happen. >> reporter: and we are back here live at the scene where again investigators tell us they will have a press conference at 2 p.m. to give us a full update on this investigation. according to dmv records, the driver, bonslater, had a valid license and also a clean dri

that driver we now now is 58-year-old gary bonslater. he has been driving for gray lound for 26 years. he's from victorville down in southern california. until yesterday he had a clean driving record that changed just before 7:00 yesterday morning as he crashed his bus into those black barrels between the northbound highway 101 car pool lane and the connector to the highway 85 hov lane. two women were killed. one man has major injuries and eight other passengers went to the hospital with minor injuries, one of them an 8-year-old boy. those 20 passengers started their overnight journey to the bay area from l.a. nearly seven hours before. the chp says most told investigators they were asleep, but a few others said the driver seemed drowsy. the chp also reports that bonslater admitted being tired but he did not fall asleep at the wheel. >> he said that he remembered the bus striking the -- there were black barrels out here when -- before the collision, which you can see beyond the bus now. and then the next thing he remembered is the bus on

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the driver is there man, gary bonslater, a 58-year-old man who has been driving for greyhound for 26 years. he's from southern california, specifically the town of victorville. until now he had a clean driving record. that changed just before 7:00 yesterday morning as he crashed his greyhound bus into those crash barrels between the northbound highway 101 car pool lane and the connector to the highway 85 hov lane. there were 20 passengers on board. the bus started its journey in south earn california, in l.a., at 12:30 the night before. most told investigators they were asleep. a few did tell investigators that they thought the driver seemed drowsy. they say he got a cup of coffee in gilroy a few moments before. according to chp bonslater admitted to investigators that he was tired but he did not fall asleep at the wheel. >> he said that he remembered the bus striking the black barrels out here, before the collision. and the next thing he remembered is the bus on its side. >> reporter: now, the chp also interviewed a different driver who was a few hundred feet back and saw that crash

this is a picture from facebook of the driver, 58-year- old gary bonslater.ill be trying to figure out what he was doing in the day leading up to the crash. kiet do, kpix 5. >>> a stretch of highway 12 in sonoma county reopened a short time ago after it was closed most of yesterday because of flooding. this happened near the community of schellville between watma road and the junction of highway 121. >>> hundreds of pg&e customers in the berkeley hills have their power back on this morning. yesterday of's weather knocked down power lines along panoramic way near the uc campus. a tree fell on the power lines which in turn knocked down three power poles. part of the road was shut down for hours leaving many people unable to drive to and from their homes. >>> recent storms have been causing tons of debris to wash into the san francisco bay. the u.s. army corps of engineers patrols the bay. they removed as much of the debris as they can. a combination of high tides and storm runoff has produced quite a collection of junk including a number of tires, pilings, chri

but yesterday morning bonslater crashed that the center divide on 101 near 85 in san jose. two female passengers were re- - ejected and killed and several others injuries. bonslater said he was tired and stopped in gilroy to get some coffee but he didn't indicate that he fell asleep. we spoke with the president of the union who represents greyhound bus drivers and he says that long hours and fatigue are a big problem with the industry because drivers aren't covered by the fair labors act, which mandates overtime pay. >> i am a bus driver. you know. when behind the wheel of a bus, it's visit for you to take that bus off the road unless you pass out or there is a massive system failure on the bus. and in almost everyone of these cases we are finding the driver fell asleep. and this is known to the industry and they simply don't care. they are making profit by making people work very long hours, and frankly if they don't get exposed in the press and if politicians don't stand up and do something about it, more people will die. >> reporter: a greyhound spokeswoman says the driv

gary bonslater met with a representative in the d.a. ask is cooperating with the investigation. all drivers required to let for nine hours between shifts this greyhound bus has been inspected three times and no defendings were found. the bus appeared to go the speed him but it was heavy rain at time of the crash. ntsb will obviously be interested in seeing what is on the footage of the camera inside the bus. >> so sad. 51-year-old fely olivera is one of the two women killed in the crash. her family just reeling. she was returning from a trip to visit her son in los angeles. she just moved to san francisco from the philippines in september. >> as we lend of the causes of the crash we will have the information right away on the free news app by enabling the push alerts. >> state assembly man from san francisco is scheduled to talk about three new tour bus safety proposals after a rash of tour bus crashes including last saturday. a tour bus ran over a man if his 70s the bills introduced are aimed at increasing oversight and improving safety for the tour buses. the press conference

gary bonslater met with a representative from the d.a. and is cooperating with the investigation.rities do not think drugs or alcohol were involved. a passenger was in the because when it crashed. >> reacted instantly, and barrel row to safe position to my feet and i felt safe and secure during the whole accident we roll about five times. >> abc7 has learned this particular greyhound bus has been inspected three times where no mechanical defects. they require all drivers to rest for nine hours in between shifts. the c.h.p. investigates the ntsb will do a parallel investigation. >> it is terrible. a 51-year-old san francisco mom was killed in the greyhound bus crush. antonio went to the bus station to pick up his mother, fely olivera returning from los angeles visiting a son. he called his mother's cell phone there was a moment of hope because a woman answered but it tinned out to be a different woman who found his mother's phone at the scene. five ours later he got the call from the coroner. >> he asked about a bag my mother brought with her. that bag has my roommate's bag in it w

. >> the driver has been identified as gary bonslater who said he was fatigued. >> one of the victims was olovera. >> 10 people were taken to the hospital with various injuries. the uninjured passengers were shuttled by bus. >> we have live team coverage on this terrible crash. abc7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian has the latest. >> first melanie woodruff sat down with the crash victim and joins us with more. melanie? >> antonio is very much in shock after learning his mother was killed in this morning's accident. >> we don't expect anything bad will happen to us. >> just as antonio was enjoying having his mother by his side here from the philippines -- >> she moved here last september. >> devastating news. >> everything is surreal. >> he says he went to the bus station to pick up his mom. she was returning from visiting his brother in los angeles. at first he thought rain delayed her arrival. and then he heard there was another reason. he said he held out hope his mother was still alive. he called her cell phone. >> before she even said hello i said, mommy -- that's why i call her m

as 58-year-old gary bonslater is cooperating with the investigation. the camera was on board. that will be an important detail of the investigation. >> he mentioned that he was fatigued but he did not indicate that he fell asleep. >> as he is fatigued i put it open mother nature doing her thing. >> they are working on an update for the investigation later today. >> the first victim identified in the bus corner was june-year-old fely olivera on her way home to san francisco from los angeles where show was visiting two of her sons. a third son, antonio, told us of a moment of hope yesterday weapon he called his mom's cell phone. someone answered but it was a passenger who pick up his mother's phone in the confusion following the crash. five hours later he got the call from the coroner's office. >> he asked me about a bag that my mother brought with her. that bag has my roommate's fag in it -- bag in it, who passed away the one i was asked about the bag i knew. fely olivera moved to the bay friday from the philippines in september. aside from the victims ten others including the

bonslater was driving the bus with 20 passengers yesterday morning on northbound 101 near 85 when hetwo female passengers were killed and several were injured. one passenger told us he noticed the driver was weaving and dozing off. the chp says bonslater admitted he was fatigued and had stopped in gilroy to get coffee, but didn't indicate that he fell asleep. now, greyhound is conducting their own investigation. a spokeswoman told us that bonslater had come off nine hours of rest to begin his shift monday night. his bus left at around 11 p.m. on monday from l.a. and he was scheduled to drive 10 hours before a mandated break. besides fatigue, investigators are also going to be looking into other factors, such as weather conditions and if there were any mechanical problems with the bus. they are also very interested to take a look at footage that might have been recorded on the camera that was inside the bus. reporting from gilroy, janice dickinson, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> already. thank you. time is now 8:32. let's check in with steve paulson, get the very latest on your weather now. >>

. >> the driver has been identified as gary bonslater who said he was fatigued. >> one of the victims was olovera. >> 10 people were taken to the hospital with various injuries. the uninjured passengers were shuttled by bus. >> we have live team coverage on this terrible crash. abc7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian has the latest. >> first melanie woodruff sat down with the crash victim and joins us with more. melanie? >> antonio is very much in shock after learning his mother was killed in this morning's accident. >> we don't expect anything bad will happen to us. >> just as antonio was enjoying having his mother by his side here from the philippines -- >> she moved here last september. >> devastating news. >> everything is surreal. >> he says he went to the bus station to pick up his mom. she was returning from visiting his brother in los angeles. at first he thought rain delayed her arrival. and then he heard there was another reason. he said he held out hope his mother was still alive. he called her cell phone. >> before she even said hello i said, mommy -- that's why i call her m

the driver, 58-year-old gary bonslater from victorville admitted to the chp he was tired and got coffee at a stop in gilroy to stay awake. when we told antonio about the sleepy driver, who suffered moderate injuries, he said this: >> i don't have any hate toward the driver. it's an accident. no one wanted it to happen. >> reporter: 51-year-old fely olivera came from the philippines in september. she took the red eye trip to try to make it back in time for an early-morning doctor'sappointment in san francisco. two teams from the ntsb will be conducting parallel investigations to try to figure out what the driver was doing 24 hours leading up to the crash. live in san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. >> the national transportation safety board is launching its own investigation into the crash. a new federal rule will require both lap and shoulder seatbelts for every passenger on new motor coaches by november. city buses are excluded. but greyhound says it voluntarily put seatbelts in, in 2009. and according to the ntsb greyhound is above average in vehicle and driver safety. this is the interior of

bonslater according to the dmv had a clean driving record. >> we have recovered a camera from the bus and we'll be looking into whether it recorded any information or not. >> reporter: fely rivera also died. investigators are looking into whether the passengers wore seatbelts at the time. >> my grandma, she was [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: it could be months before the victims' families will get answers about what could have been done to prevent the tragic crash. >> i was in shock. i was in shock. i didn't believe it. still don't believe it. >> reporter: that greyhound bus was just built in 2014. chp records show it did not have any significant mechanical defects in the last three inspections. meanwhile, greyhound has yet to return my calls. live in gilroy, maria medina, kpix 5. >>> it is the end of the road for san francisco's bike yield law. mayor lee vetoed it saying, the ordinance does not promote balanced public safety and it trades safety for convenience. bike advocates proposed the law last summer when police began cracking down. cyclists say coming to a full stop at empty in

the chp says the bus driver, 58- year-old gary bonslater of victorville told investigators he was tired and needed coffee shortly before losing control of the bus, on the rain- slickened road. the bus was headed from l.a. to the bay area. carrying the driver and 20 passengers. about 10 of the passengers were injured. including one seriously. and a 7-year-old child was taken to the hospital as a precaution. >> i don't know if the driver fell asleep or not. we definitely heard that. and we are going to do our best to investigate that. >> greyhound says the driver came off nine hours of rest to begin his shift. he was scheduled to drive 10 hours before taking a mandatory break. a chp special accident investigation team will also examine the driver's work schedule and see if there were any mechanical problems. >>> the two passengers who died were women. ejected from the bus. one was identified as 51-year- old phyl ol vieira, moving to san francisco from the philippines several months ago to be closer to one of her sons. she was returning from l.a., where she had visited two other sons. >>>

investigators say the driver, 58-year-old gary bonslater, admitted he was tired, but didn't indicate that he fell asleep at the wheel. the two people killed in that crash were identified as 76-year-old maria dejesus ortiz vel kez and 51-year-old fyle olivera of san francisco. olivera owes son said she was returning home from los angeles where she was visiting her two other sons. she recently moved to the united states from the philippines in september. >>> over an hour ago a group of bay area lawmakers point to a series of crashes in san francisco involving tour bus. one hit and killed a pedestrian last saturday back in november you'll remember a runaway double decker bus injured 20 people at union square. lawmakers say the proposed legislation would give local communities new powers to regulate tour buses. >>> up north where petaluma police say the deaths of an elderly man and woman are a murder-suicide. the bodies were discovered by a relative yesterday into their home at the petaluma mobile home estates. neighbors frequently saw the couple going to and from doctors' appointments.

look into whether there was a problem with the bus, and whether the bus driver, 58-year-old gary bonslater of victorville fell asleep at the wheel. >>> recent tour bus crashes in san francisco are prompting local lawmakers to propose a bill tightening the regulations. a tour bus hit and killed a pedestrian last saturday. the bill will be presented at a news conference at san francisco city hall, later this morning. it would give communities more power to regulate tour buses. >>> and in pakistan, today, four taliban gunman attacked a university and killed at least 20 people. four men armed with assault rifles scaled the walls of the university and opened fire on security guards, students, and teachers. pakistan's military says the attack is now over, and that all four gunmen have been killed. >>> petaluma police now say the death of an elderly man and woman are a murder suicide. the bodies were discovered by a relative inside their mobile home at the petaluma estate mobile home park on north mcdowell boulevard right near highway 101. neighbors frequently saw the couple known as harold and b

gary bonslater, de 58 anos de edad, conducia bajo una intensa lluvia el autobus que termino volcado en plena autopista 101, en el sur de san jose. dos mujeres murieron, ocho resultaron heridos... chris mcclellan/pasajer o este pasajero afirma que llovia muy duro ...y a eso de las 6 de la manana, mientras todos dormian, sintio el autobus cayendose de lado, se desperto...dice que comenzaron a gritar... un caos completo... pudo ponerse en una posicion que le salvo la vida... liza brazil/chp la patrulla de caminos informo que la unidad estaba viajando en sentido norte en la autopista 101 cuando trato de cambiar de carril para tomar la autopista 85 , antes de gilroy, cuando se volco ... afirma la sargento que un testigo le dijo que la parte trasera del autobus practicamente volo, antes de estrellarse contra el pavimento el chofer dijo que estaba cansado y que se detuvo en gilroy para comprar un cafe ... pero a los minutos, el accidente ocurrio y dos vidas se perdieron. entre el 2014 y el 2015 autoridades citaron 138 veces a conductores de la compania por violar las horas maximas de trabajo.

he is 58-year-old gary bonslater of victoryville. >> reporter: the bus ended up here, teetering on a concrete median. >> there was just screaming and smoke and people. >> reporter: the greyhound had 21 people onboard, after driving all night from l.a., the driver told investigators he was fatigued, and had grabbed coffee when he made a scheduled stop, dropping two passengers in gilroy. >> the bus pulled over on the highway about five miles ago. we were like, what's going on. the bus driver, he was kind of weaving a little bit. we didn't think anything of it, then all of a sudden we heard what sounded to be a lightning strike. >> reporter: two women were ejected and died at the scene. nine others were injured. one of them seriously. a child, just 7 years old was taken to the hospital as a precaution. >> i don't know if the driver fell asleep or not. we definitely heard that, and we're going to do our best to you know, investigate that. and find out the truth. >> reporter: chp's mait team is handling the investigation. the driver was scheduled to drive ten hours before a mandated break

we also now know the driver's name is gary bonslater. back on the story, live in gillroy.hey and the national transportation safety board will have more room to go over the bus. now, the ntsb says they not only want to know what happened and why, but also what can be done to prevent similar deadly crashes. arksz bc 7 are first to see ntsb investigators of the first inspection. they were joined by a highway patrol team called m.a.t.e. one task involved removing the 20 passengers' belongings from the baggage hold. >> and, yes, we have recovered a camera from the buss. we'll be looking into any recorded information. >> greyhound said that the on board camera captures video in two directions. such video could document whether the driver fell asleep at the wheel. the chp says the 58-year-old told them he was fatigued, but doesn't remember what happened between hitting the impact barrels and then discovering the bus had turned on itsds side. i asked an investigator if that was related to the investigation. >> anything related to the driver will be covered in our human performanc

el chofer de la unidad, gary bonslater, afirmo que tenia fatiga y minutos antes de entrar a la autopistasancio, aunado a la intensa lluvia, pudieron haber sido ser la combinacion letal de este accidente... christopher mcclellan/sobrevi viente del accidente este sobreviviente del volcamiento dijo que en efecto habia mucha lluvia y que alrededor de las cuatro de la manana tuvo un mal presentimiento... no obstante logro dormirse pero pasada las 6 de todos los pasajeros se despertaron gritando porque el autobus comenzo a inclinarse... se puso en una posicion segura que le permitio sobrevivir... suerte que no tuvieron las dos damas, incluida la senora ortiz... jose a quien su nieto califica como un ser amado por todos, saludable y feliz... andres live las autoridades aun no saben cuando terminaran las investigaciones... ab t48 topvo cesar ---hacia el norte de donde ocurrio el mortal accidente de ayer en la autopista 101, otro camion de carga se volco esta maÑana.. ---el conductor del pesado vehiculo cisterna resulto con lesiones graves durante el percance reportado a al altura de la calle "ea

. >> chp also reports that bonslater admitted he was tired at the time, but he said he did not fall asleep at the wheel. right now investigators are building the timeline of the driver's 24 hours leading to that crash to see if he met the federal requirement of resting eight hours before beginning that fateful drive. our coverage of this deadly bus crash continues across all of our digital platforms. just go to nbcbayarea.com to see viewer videos of the crash or to download our free app to keep up with breaking news. >> reporter: the super bowl may be two and a half weeks away, but preparations for the party in the city already underway. i'm stephanie chuang live in san francisco with what you need to know to get around and avoid headaches coming up in a live report. >>> plus, we all like netflix, but you're not going to like the price hike. it's going to cost you more. we'll tell you why. >>> and the clouds have yet to clear from the north bay. and temperatures are ten degrees warmer where we're getting some sunshine in the south bay. a look at those temperatures feeling nice and mild as

the chp says the bus driver, 58- year-old gary bonslater of victorville, told investigators he was tiredand needed coffee shortly before losing control of the bus on the wet highway. the bus was headed from los angeles to hear -- to the bay area, and 10 of the passengers were hurt. including one of them seriously. and a 7-year-old child was taken to the hospital as a precaution. >> i don't know if the driver fell asleep or not. we definitely heard that. and we are going to do our best to investigate that. >> greyhound says the driver came off of nine hours rest to begin that shift. and was scheduled to drive 10 hours before taking a mandatory break. the chp special accident investigation team will examine the driver's work schedule and also check to see if there were mechanical problems too. >>> now, the two passengers who died, they were women. and they were ejected from the bus, in the crash. and one is identified as 51- year-old pyhl olvaro, moving to san francisco from the philippines several months ago to be closer to one of her sons. she was returning from l.a., where she had visit

the driver, gary bonslater, allegedly told officials he was accident. after more than four decades of service to his community, south sioux city's police chief is retiring. ktiv's tiffany lane spoke with those he led for so many years. << "classic white hair, flat top very statuesque of a person, of a man," said greg koinzan, a south sioux city police officer. "you knew he was in a room." that man is scot history. but after 42 years, he's putting "there's probably very little that you look around today that he didn't have the direct hand in," said ed mahon, lieutenant of operations with the south sioux city police department. have in south sioux is a reflection of a leader." that leader began as a rookie patrol officer with the promoted to sergeant. but ford's longest time was years. "keeping our city safe over these last 42 years, we have a very low crime rate," said south sioux city mayor rod koch. "we have very low turnover in our police department." su since chief ford started with the south sioux city police department 42 years ago, there have been

the bus driver, 58-year-old gary bonslater told authorities he was fatigued and stopped for coffee beforesh. they ruled out drugs and alcohol as a cause of the crash. they have not seen the video from on board the bus because it hasn't been retrieved from the wreckage. nine other people, including the bus driver, were hurt in the crash. >>> calls in san francisco for police reforms and better community relations. last night the police commission held the first of three meetings getting public feedback about a new police policy on the use of force. some of the speakers said there is a disconnect between the public and the police. they say things got worse after last week's controversial police shooting of mario woods. >> the danger, like for a young adult and like able to feel safe. >> reporter: you don't feel safe? >> not as much. >> we have a big responsibility. we carry firearms. we have the ultimate power to make arrests and so forth. it comes with a lot of responsibility. >> compared to other recent meetings where protests interrupted the hearings, last night there was no shouting. in