The crash occurred Friday afternoon at 2:20 p.m. when a Ford Explorer driven by 25-year-old Juan D. Quintero was traveling northbound on Rt 72 south of Reybold Road.
Without warning the Explorer drifted onto the shoulder and then veered into the southbound lane heading for a head-on collision with a school bus.
28-year-old Joseph Stucky was driving the school bus and steered into the northbound lane to avoid the impact. The Explorer struck the right side and the right rear of the school bus with the Explorer's right side.
After striking the school bus, the Explorer began to overturn on its sides and landed on a Ford pickup truck, which was traveling behind the school bus.
As a result of the second collision the driver of the pickup truck, 33-year-old Zachary Yates, was taken to Christiana Hospital where he later died of his injuries.
Quintero was taken to Christiana Hospital and was admitted for injuries he received in the crash.
8 of the 29 school children on the bus were taken to Christiana Hospital where they were treated for minor injuries. The children were coming from Gauger Middle School.
The roadway was closed for approximately 3 hours while troopers investigated and cleared the crash scene.
Warrants are on file pending Quintero's release from the hospital for the following charges: Vehicular Homicide, 8 counts of Vehicular Assault and DUI.
Quintero and Stucky were wearing their seatbelts at the time of the crash and Yates was not.
