Sisters expected to survive bus stop accident

<p>Two Santa Rosa sisters who were struck by a pickup while standing at a bus stop were recovering at hospitals Sunday and are expected to survive, according to their family.</p><p>Thirteen-year-old Cruz Yesenia, the most seriously injured of the pair, is being treated by doctors at Children’s Hospital of Oakland to relieve swelling on her brain.</p><p>Doctors told her family that she is in stable condition but that she may require hospitalization for up to another month.</p><p>Family members are dividing their time between the Oakland hospital and Santa Rosa Memorial, where 16-year-old Deysi Emelia is recovering from injuries that include a broken shoulder, broken rib and a broken finger.</p><p>The Montgomery High student and her sister were with their father at a Yulupa Avenue bus stop Saturday when a white pickup smashed into a parked van before hurtling in their direction.</p><p>Emelia told her family from her hospital bed that she tried to push her sister out of the way but didn’t have time before they were struck.</p><p>“The truck didn’t give her time to do anything,” said Arnulfo Pineda, the girls’ 19-year-old brother.</p><p>Police arrested Michael Robert Tweedie, 35, on suspicion of hit and run causing serious injury and driving under the influence.</p><p>The truck he was allegedly driving hit at least one other vehicle and flipped several times before landing near the bus stop. The crash occured at about 9:30 a.m. Saturday.</p><p>Asefredo Pineda and his daughters had been waiting to catch a bus en route to visit a sick relative who lives in Apple Valley.</p><p>“Nobody slept last night waiting for the news,” Arnulfo Pineda said. “We were sleepy, but I don’t think that really matters.”</p>