A drunk driver was arrested after allegedly causing a multi-vehicle 5 Freeway crash involving a charter bus transporting nearly two dozen middle school students Sunday evening.

Around  10 p.m. California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers received reports of a multi-vehicle crash on the northbound 5 Freeway, south of Vista Del Lago Road, north of Castaic, said Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for the CHP Newhall Area Office.

“Initial reports indicated a pickup truck had been involved in a crash with a charter bus and an additional vehicle,” Burgos-Lopez said. “Upon officers’ arrival on scene, they discovered a charter bus with 22 middle school passengers and eight teachers/chaperons, a Green Toyota Tundra, and a White Kia had all been involved in the crash.”

The driver of the Kia was transported to Henry Mayo Hospital for their injuries in the 5 Freeway crash. The occupants of the charter bus did not report any injuries at the time of the crash investigation.

Officers contacted one of the drivers on scene and conducted a DUI investigation.

Jose Lopez Valdez, 29, from Anaheim, was ultimately arrested for felony DUI causing injury.

Lopez Valdez was booked into the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station jail.

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