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Two seriously injured in crash involving bus, pickup truck in Santa Barbara County

Accident occured on San Marcos Pass

Investigators are trying to figure out what led to a crash involving a pickup truck and a bus which left two people seriously injured in Santa Barbara County.

It happened just after 11 Thursday night on San Marcos Pass. The collision occurred on Highway 154 near Stagecoach Road.

There were 20 people on board the bus, which was coming from the Chumash Casino Resort. Santa Barbara County firefighters say one person on board the bus suffered serious injuries. The driver of the truck was also seriously injured.

The collision temporarily closed Highway 154, but it reopened early Friday morning.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.