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 Eight passengers, as well as three residents inside the home, were
hurt in the crash around 5:35 p.m. local time in Richmond and were
taken to a hospital, Richmond Police Department Lieutenant Andre
Hill said.
A police officer driving behind a Honda station wagon determined
that it had been stolen when the driver darted off recklessly, Hill
said.
The driver sped past a stop sign and slammed into the bus. The
suspect fled the area on foot and is still on the loose, according
to Hill.
The crash ruptured a gas line in the home, prompting area
firefighters and Pacific Gas and Electric Co workers to rush to the
scene, Hill said. Nearby residents were evacuated for roughly half
an hour while the leak was controlled.
A passenger identified as the suspect's brother was in the stolen
car and was taken into police custody, Hill said, but no charges
have yet been filed against him.
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Footage from local television news stations showed the front end of
the bus lodged into the side of the peach-colored home some 17 miles
(27.4 kilometers) northeast of San Francisco, next to a tattered
chain-link fence.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner; Editing by Matt Driskill)
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