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Problem:ATWATER, Calif. (AP) — A charter bus veered off a central California freeway before dawn Tuesday and struck a pole head-on, killing five people and sending at least five others to hospitals, authorities said. 
  
 The pole of a highway exit sign sliced the unmarked white bus carrying about 30 people nearly in half lengthwise, photos and video show. 
  
 "The pole went through the center of the bus, and that's where the injuries were sustained," California Highway Patrol Officer Moi Onsurez told The Associated Press. 
  
 Emergency workers climbed in through the windows to pull passengers out. The five injured were airlifted to hospitals, Onsurez said, but he did not have information about any additional injuries or the cause of the single-vehicle crash. 
  
 The bus was heading from Southern California to Sacramento on State Route 99 when it crashed around 3:30 a.m. between the cities of Atwater and Livingston, Onsurez said. 
  
 Atwater is a city of 28,000 people in Merced County, about 65 miles northwest of Fresno. 
  
 The northbound lanes of the freeway were closed during the investigation. ||||| Published on Aug 2, 2016 
  
 Investigators say it's one one the worst crashes in at least a decade in Merced County. Charter bus was heading from Southern California to the Sacramento area. rparsons@mercedsun-star.com |||||
Solution:
A charter bus veered off a central California freeway before dawn Tuesday and struck a pole head-on, killing five people and sending at least five others to hospitals, authorities say. The pole of a highway exit sign sliced the unmarked white bus nearly in half lengthwise, reports the AP. "The pole went through the center of the bus, and that's where the injuries were sustained," California Highway Patrol Officer Moi Onsurez says. Emergency workers climbed in through the windows to pull passengers out; about 30 were aboard. The five injured were airlifted to hospitals, Onsurez says. The bus was heading from Southern California to Sacramento on State Route 99 when it crashed around 3:30am between the cities of Atwater and Livingston, approximately 65 miles northwest of Fresno, Onsurez says. It isn't clear what caused the crash.