A car and a school bus were involved in a deadly collision on the I-805 near El Cajon Boulevard Thursday morning, trapping a man in the bus's engine compartment for half an hour.
The crash occurred just before 7 a.m. on the interstate when a 2005 Nissan Altima crashed into the back of the school bus, which had broken down on the side of the road.
A man was working on the engine located in the back of the bus when the car crashed into the rear of the bus, according to a fire department spokesman.
The man, identified later by CHP officials as a 32-year-old school bus mechanic from Ramona, became stuck in the engine compartment upon impact. He was trapped for 30 minutes before being rescued by emergency personnel.
Firefighters pried the man from below the rear of the bus and carried him in a stretcher to the ambulance.
The man later died from his injuries at Scripps Mercy Hospital, CHP officials confirmed. His name has not yet been released.
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Both airbags in the Nissan Altima were deployed and the driver -- a 41-year-old woman -- was pulled out in a stretcher. She sustained serious injuries and was transported to a hospital.
CHP officials later confirmed that no children were aboard the school bus at the time of the fatal crash. Witnesses also said they didn't see any children inside.
One fender-bender was also reported near the crash as two people tried to avoid the school bus crash.
CHP officials could not say what caused the crash, but the area was heavily impacted by Thursday's storm.