fedex truck barreled across a median and crashed head-on into the bus filled with high school students. more than 40 seniors on their way to visit humboldt college. they didn t make it. listen to one witness describe the cross-to a dispatcher. just an accident on i-5. it exploded. whatever is on the freeway is on fire. do you know what it was or just see fire? no, sir. i just heard an explosion. now i hear sirens. right now investigators say they re not going to speculate exactly what caused this crash. what they are doing is recreating the moments before the accident. they brought in what they call clone vehicles to safely recreate the exact conditions that occurred before the fedex truck hit the bus. they also say they re going to continue to interview witnesses and are asking for anybody with potential video of the accident or the aftermath to contact the california highway prompt as for how long it may take to figure out what happened, bad news on
can you just with one or two words, tell me what the bus hit? the bus hit the fedex truck. the fedex truck hit into us. investigators have returned to the scene north of sacramento to reconstruct parts of that deadly collision. president obama says the latest health care enrollment numbers add up to success. 8 million people have now signed up for private health insurance under the affordable care act. 35% of those enrolled are people under 35 years old. the president says it is proof positive that obamacare is working. it s time for republican critics to stop trying to fight it. some political news. beau biden has made up his mind. the vice president s son will not seek a third term as attorney general of delaware. instead, he s seeking higher office, planning to run for governor there in 2016. the 35-year-old has had a spate of recent health scares but was reportedly given a clean bill of health in november. still no word from his father on the vice president s political
angeles. reporter: some people called 911 just seconds after the crash, other people were literally on the phone with dispatchers when the bus exploded into a massive fireball. this all happened last thursday on i-5 in northern california. the fedex truck barreled across the median, crashed head on into a bus filled with high school students who were headed to humboldt college. the bus ended up exploding, ten people died, five students, three adult chaperones, the fedex truck driver and the tour bus driver all killed. listen to one panicked student describe the aftermath of the crash to a dispatcher. you still on the bus, or are you off the bus with at this point? everyone s off the bus. the bus is on fire. i understand. are you away from it, or are you still on it? yeah. we re getting away from the bus actually. okay. reporter: investigators say right now they re not speculating as to what caused the crash. what they are doing is recreating the scene. they brought out tw
we crashed into a fedex truck. is this on southbound i-5? i don t know where we are. are you still on the bus or off the bus? i m on the bus. i m on fire. can you just with one or two words tell me what the bus hit? the bus hit a fedex truck. the fedex truck hit us. head-on? yes. in the end, ten people died, including both drivers. five students. school officials say one student was a hero who spent his final moments saving the lives of other teenagers. they say he broke a window at the front of the bus as it filled with smoke, and lift people outside. the school officials say the students were from the l.a. area on their way to tour humboldt state university, in northern california. school officials say the students were from low-income homes, and that some were hoping to be the first in their family
or two words, tell me what the bus hit. the bus hit the fedex truck. the fedex truck hit into us. you can really hear the confusion and the fear there. investigators have returned to the scene north of sacramento to reconstruct parts of this deadly collision. all right, guys, let s take a look at what s coming up on new day. kate bolduan joins us now. hey, kate. good morning, guys. h happy friday. as you ve been covering, we ll keep a close eye and watch on the search for survivors on the ferry in south korea has capsized. nearly 300 people are still missing today, and there is a new focus this morning on what the crew did in those very critical moments when it was just listing and beginning to sink before and after all of this happened. apparently, ordering passengers to stay put when they should have been starting to evacuate as quickly as possible, because that went down in about 2 1/2 hours, very quickly. we re also going to talk about the challenges that the rescue div