...thinking maybe van didn’t have seatbelts which is why so many people died.
Yep, the mini Bus other than the front end doesn’t look too bad. But un-belted bodies kept moving at 60 mph when the bus came to a dead almost instant stop. So sad.
11 dead at scene..one died later..supposedly one still alive...and truck driver alive..probably wore seat belt.
Truck driver name still not released.
Van driver retired teacher
Seatbelt or not, 80 year old bodies taking that kind of impact have a low chance of survival. It was likely just the fact that they were older and more frail overall. And that was a huge hit they took from that drunk illegal. (I’m just gonna go ahead and make a very high confidence prediction)