Riverside County coroner’s officials have identified 11 of the 13 bus crash victims.

The victims included the bus driver, Teodulo Vides, 59, as well as Isabel Jimenez Hernandez, 66; Rosa Ruiz, 53; Gustavo Green, 62; Zoila Aguilera, 72; Milagros Gonzales, 72; Conception Corvera, 57; Aracely Tije, 63; Dora Galvez de Rodriguez, 69; Elvia Sanchez, 52, and Ana Gomes de Magallon, 71, according to the Riverside County coroner’s records.

Ten of those identified were residents of Los Angeles.

The victims from Sunday’s deadly bus crash streamed into the Desert Regional Medical Center trauma unit around the early morning shift change.

Because of the scope of the tragedy, the hospital summoned chaplains and additional social service workers, extended overtime and made sure there was enough blood to treat the wounded.

Bilingual nurses and lab techs helped doctors communicate with many of the injured Spanish-speaking passengers. Other hospital workers provided transportation and meals for the patients’ family members.

The family of Rosa Alba Ruiz emerged from the Riverside County coroner's office in tears. The 53-year-old mother of three and grandmother of four from Los Angeles was killed in the crash, said Claudio Fernandez, who said Ruiz was married to his uncle.

Ruiz enjoyed visiting local casinos and did so often, sometimes weekly, he said.

"She used to love to go to the casinos, that was part of her hobby," he said.

On Sunday evening, Lester Pelaez of Lancaster and his family arrived at the Riverside County coroner's office in Perris, in search of news about his brother-in-law's mother, who he believes was on the tour bus.

The family has been calling and visiting hospitals but have not been able to find her, he said. But a passenger at one hospital had told a family member that someone matching her description was on the bus.

They found the coroner's number online and by early evening they had made their way to Perris in search of answers.

The 10 Freeway's westbound lanes have reopened after the deadly bus crash.

Dr. Ricard Townsend of Desert Regional Medical Center had been working his normal shift starting at 5:15 a.m. when passengers from the tour bus began to roll in. The initial 14 patients ranged in age, from their 20s to 70s.

Most of them spoke only Spanish, Townsend said, prompting him to call on technicians and nurses to translate.

Five patients remain in the intensive-care unit in stable condition, and seven others have been discharged, according to officials.

CHP Border Division Chief Jim Abele described a horrific scene at a bus crash this morning that left 13 people dead and 31 injured. 

"In almost 35 years, I've never been to a crash where there's been 13 confirmed fatals," he said. "It's tough... you never get used to this." 

The driver of the bus was killed; his identification has not yet been determined. The truck driver was injured but survived and has talked to investigators. 

The California Highway Patrol just released the following information about the crash of a tour bus into a tractor trailer in Desert Hot Springs.

—13 people were killed, including the driver of the bus.

—31 others were injured.

Sonia Anderson, a neighbor of the bus driver who was among 13 people killed in Sunday's crash, said she lived next to him for 17 years.

Anderson said Teodulo Elias Vidas owned and drove the bus that catered to gamblers with trips to area casinos.

"I have seen that bus right here," she said motioning to a stretch of Fremont Avenue in front of the apartment complex in Alhambra where Vidas lived. "He parked the bus there all the time."