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Source: Daily News, Los AngelesAug.迷你倉庫 22--MONROVIA -- The Los Angeles County Fire Department reports that an overturned casino-bound bus injured 50 people about 10 a.m. on the eastbound 210 Freeway just west of Irwindale Avenue.The department lists 39 minor injuries and 11 delayed injuries, which means people who are disoriented or unable to walk, according to a fire department dispatcher. Fifty people were on the bus, according to California Highway Patrol. Medical helicopters airlifted nine people, but the extent of their injuries is unknown.The cause of the crash also remains unclear, but investigators have shifted their focus to gathering evidence now that all of the injured passengers have left the scene, according to Rick Quintero, a California Highway Patrol spokesperson."Initially the primary focus is on the injured parties," Quintero said. "Now it is just a matter of gathering the evidence on the scene as well as turning over that charter bus and opening up those lanes."The westbound lanes have since reopened completely and the eastbound carpool lane is now moving again, according to Saul Gomez, a CHP public information officer."It all depends on how much evidence we have to gather, once we get that information, we'll try to open as many lanes as possible," Gomez said. He expected the lane to remain at least partially closed for several hours.Early reports indicate a semi-truck became involved either indirectly or directly in the accident, according to Gomez. The driver stopped to help after the bus tipped over, Gomez said.The bus tipped over after going into an embankment off the right shoulder of the eastbound 210 Freeway."Any time you head toward an embankment, the likely hood of tipping is pretty great," Gomez said.Stopped drivers exited their cars and crossed barriers to see what h儲存ppened, but were ordered back in their cars by police."We were crossing the concrete line (on the freeway) and walking to see what was going on, so the cop came by and told everyone to get back in their cars," said Adrian Canto, who was stuck on the 210 Freeway just west of the Irwindale exit. The Pasadena resident had been on the freeway for more than an hour by 11 a.m."There was like a total of 5 helicopters that showed up, now literally a police motorcycle just went by us," he said. "A couple of those have been going by but they haven't told us anything."The overturned charter bus operated by Da Zhen Travel Agency was en route to San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino, according to travel consultant Anna Zhang.Da Zhen Travel Agency, based out of Monterey Park, operates charter buses for tours, said Zhang when reached by phone Thursday. A bus schedule from the casino shows 14 Da Zhen Travel buses traveling daily from Hacienda Heights, Monterey Park, Rosemead and San Gabriel to the casino.The company had a "Satisfactory" safety rating from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in September of 2010, but exceeded the FMCSA intervention threshold based on roadside data, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation website. A safety report from the Department of Transportation shows that the company is authorized to carry passengers, traveling 598,399 miles in 2011. Da Zhen was the subject of 30 vehicle inspections and 36 driver inspections over the past 24 months and had not been in any reported crashes, the report shows. The company has a current $5,000,000 insurance policy through New York Marine and General Insurance Co. in New York.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Daily News (Los Angeles) Visit the Daily News (Los Angeles) at .dailynews.com Distributed by MCT Information Services新蒲崗迷你倉