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The Latest: California bus crash injures 20, 6 seriously

HIGHLAND, Calif. - The Latest on a bus crash on a Southern California Mountain Highway (all times local):

9:15 p.m.

Officials now say 20 people were injured when a shuttle bus carrying women back from a mountain church retreat overturned as it drove down a Southern California mountain highway. They had previously put the injury toll at 26.

San Bernardino County fire Capt. Jeremy Kern says six people had serious injuries and 14 had minor-to-moderate injuries after the Sunday afternoon crash. All 20 were taken to hospitals in ground ambulances and all are expected to survive. Two others aboard the bus were not hurt.

The bus was one of several carrying about 200 women back from a retreat in the San Bernardino Mountains to their church in Downey, California.

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4 p.m.

Authorities say a shuttle bus has overturned on a highway in Southern California's San Bernardino Mountains, leaving two people critically injured, four with moderate injuries and 20 with minor injuries.

San Bernardino County Fire Capt. Jeremy Kern says the bus turned on to its side across State Route 330 shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday.

Kern says two patients were airlifted to hospitals, and four more with moderate injuries were taken to hospitals in ground ambulances.

Twenty people had minor injuries including scrapes and bruises and were being examined at the scene.

Text on the bus indicated it belongs to Llamada Final (yuh-MAH'-duh fee-NAHL) Ministries, a church in Downey, California. No one answered a phone call to the church.

The highway was shut down for a 16-mile stretch near Highland. The area is about 60 miles east of Los Angeles.

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