At least one person died and 14 people are injured after a car going the wrong way collided head-on into a Chumash Casino bus on the southbound 101 highway north of Los Alamos, Friday morning, authorities said

At around 3:17 am, Santa Barbara County Fire Department and other emergency personnel responded to the crash. The 14 injured were taken to hospital.

The passengers on the bus exited before the fire reached the bus.

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Julianna Lozada is a Santa Barbara-based reporter. She previously wrote for Southern California News Group as well as the Beverly Hills Courier and Santa Clarita Valley Proclaimer. She holds dual degrees from Sciences Po Paris and Columbia University.