Santa Rosa firefighters move an injured person to an ambulance, Thursday April 21, 2011 at Farmers Lane and Sonoma Ave., with trauma injuries. It is unknown whether the person was struck by the bus. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2011

Man hit by city bus in Santa Rosa

GUY KOVNER AND JULIE JOHNSON
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

A man was seriously injured Thursday after he was hit by a Santa Rosa city bus near the Montgomery Village shopping center.

The man suffered significant trauma from the crash, including open fractures to an arm and a leg, Santa Rosa fire officials said.

Santa Rosa police officers were still investigating how the crash occurred.

Paramedics and police were dispatched just before 5:40 p.m. to Sonoma Avenue between Farmers Lane and Hahman Drive.

It wasn't clear exactly where the point of impact occurred, however some evidence of the crash remained at a northern curb of Sonoma Avenue close to Hahman Drive as police began investigating the incident.

An empty city bus sat in a westbound lane.

Police officials said they were in the process of interviewing the bus driver to determine how the crash happened.

The man didn't appear to have been in a crosswalk, according to preliminary reports.

An ambulance transported the man with lights and sirens to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, dispatchers said.

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