Eight killed in California bus crash

Emergency personnel assist victims at the scene of the bus crash near Forest Falls (AP)

Eight people were killed on a California highway early today in a crash involving a tour bus and two other vehicles.

Officer Mario Lopez of the California Highway Patrol said many more were injured in the mountain highway crash about 80 miles east of Los Angeles, near the town of Forest Falls.

Officer Lopez said the collision was between the tour bus, a pick-up truck pulling a trailer and a car.