Three injured in Lake County bus crash

A Lake Transit bus slammed into two cars on Highway 29 in Kelseyville on Tuesday afternoon before careening off the road and through a fence.

The bus driver, William Jessip, 73, of Clearlake Oaks was unable to slow down as he approached backed up traffic caused by a 2008 Honda making a left turn, according to the CHP.

Jessip then swerved the bus into the opposite lane and directly in the path of a 1994 Honda traveling southbound, the CHP said, and he two vehicles were involved in a side-swipe collision.

The Lake Transit bus then hit the rear of the 2008 Honda making a left turn before the bus went off the road and through a wire fence, the CHP said.

Two bus passengers and the driver of the 1994 Honda were taken to Sutter Lakeside Hospital for minor injuries, the CHP said.

You can reach Staff Writer Nick Rahaim at 707-521-5203 or nick.rahaim@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @nrahaim.