make a positive i.d. so far, five of the victims have been identified. in fact, late last night we got word from the family of marissa serrano that she was, in fact, declared dead in this accident. her family had been asked for dental records. as you might imagine, that family very distraught last night getting that news that marissa, who was a twin, was pronounced dead. two adult chaperons also among the victims. 29-year-old michael mivette and his fiance madison haywood, they were among the victims. the pair had just gotten engaged in paris. another victim, 26-year-old arthur arzola. he was an admissions counselor with humboldt state. he died at uc davis medical center in sacramento, suffering burns over 95% of his body. finally, so far el monte high school in the los angeles area, they ve lost one of their senior
fed extruck, jumped the median and crashed head-on to the bus and caused both vehicles to burst in flames. there was a man that ran out and his back was on fire. it was scary and horrible. i started praying like crazy. and i saw one gentlemen on a board. and his clothes were gone. i copttell if his injuries were siing cant. i just kept praying. and drivers of both vehicles were killed on impact. and three adult chaperons died as well. survivors acted fast. someone kicked out a winnow and allowed 40 students to escape. and several victims remained hospitalized in critical condition. los angeles admip straighters are working to connect partners with their children and grief counsellors are on hand for the
some of the other things they re looking at, safety. they want to know how well the passengers in the bus were able to actually escape. how long did it take them to escape that bus? was it difficult for them to get out? you know, many of them had to break windows in order to escape the fiery inferno. are we learning anymore about the victims today? reporter: we are. it is taking a while to identify all of the victims because, keep in mind, some of the bodies were burned beyond recognition. but right now we have learned identities of at least five of those victims. let me tell you about some of them. late last night we learned that identical twin marissa serado was confirmed dead through dental records. two adult chaperons, 29-year-old michael mivet and his fiance. they had just gotten engaged in paris recently. an admissions counselor with humboldt state in the southern california area. he was taken to uc davis medical