Two killed in separate crashes involving school buses in LA County

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - Two people, including an innocent cyclist, were killed in separate crashes involving school buses in Los Angeles County Friday morning.

The first crash happened in Lancaster around 7 a.m. on Avenue M, east of 20th Street. 

According to the LA County Sheriff's Department, a gray SUV was heading east on Avenue M, when the driver veered into oncoming traffic, hitting the school bus "nearly head-on." Detectives are still working to figure out why the driver strayed into the other lane. 

Video from the scene showed the front of the SUV had been completely crumpled. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Deputies said there weren't any passengers on the bus at the time of the crash. The bus driver was not injured. Two other people were taken to the hospital.

The second crash happened in Cerritos, around 8:30 a.m. at the intersection of Del Amo and Norwalk boulevards. Deputies said the bus was making a left turn onto Norwalk when a car ran a red light. That's when the bus and the car collided.

Surveillance video from the scene showed the crash. The turning school bus bumped the back of the black sedan, sending it swerving. The back of the car then crashed into a woman waiting at the intersection on a bicycle. The crash pinned her between the car and the traffic light pole. 

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There weren't any passengers on the bus at the time of the crash, but the bus driver was taken to the hospital.

According to the LASD the driver of the black sedan was an 18-year-old man, who they said stayed at the scene, completed a field sobriety test, and is cooperating with the investigation. The woman on the bike has yet to be identified.