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California IN BRIEF : TRACY : Four Die as Car Drives Into Path of Bus

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Four people died in a car that swerved across a highway and was hit broadside by a Greyhound bus, authorities said. None of the 15 people aboard the bus were seriously injured. Twelve were taken by ambulance or helicopter to hospitals in Tracy and Stockton and were treated and released. Three others declined treatment. The accident occurred southof Tracy on California 33, when the driver of a southbound sports car carrying three passengersapparently started going off the road, said a California Highway Patrol spokesman. The driverapparently over-corrected, went into the northbound lane and was struck by the oncoming bus, the spokesman said. One person, believed to be the driver, was thrown from the car and killed,and three bodies were found inside. None were immediately identified.

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