An Inaccurate Report

Today at approximately 1:00 there was an accident at the Chapala and Carrillo intersection which involved a Ford Explorer and an MTD Bus. Our reporters were on the scene at 1:20 to question the driver of the Ford Explorer, Reggie Smith. Mr. Smith said he was rushing to get on the 101 freeway from Carrillo so he could drop off his 8 year-old twins, Alice and Leo, at their Goleta residence. When questioned about the circumstances of the accident, Mr. Smith said that he wasn’t able to see the traffic lights because the school bus was blocking his view. He thought the light was green when he drove forward, but he also readily admitted that it may have been red. After the trauma of the accident, his memory of the traffic lights was foggy. Mr. Smith also said that he did not see the bus driver after the collision.
Mr. Smith has a clean driving record, save for one DUI that was issued six years ago. At the time of the DUI, Mr. Smith had just crashed into a fence down the street from his house.
Mr. Smith reported that neither he nor his children were hurt and the he didn’t think anyone else involved in the accident had been injured. The number of people involved and their possible injuries remains uncomfirmed.