Driving too fast for road conditions appears to be the primary factor in Tuesday’s vehicle crash that injured 11 people, including four children on a school bus, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.
No citations have been issued yet in the Yacolt-area crash, which deputies say was caused by a 1991 Ford Explorer driven by Joel Kysar, 40, of Amboy. The crash, however, remains under investigation by traffic detectives in the sheriff’s office.
Kysar was driving the Explorer north on Northeast Amboy Road just before 1 p.m. when he lost control of the vehicle, crossed the center line just south of Northeast 381st Street, and sideswiped a school bus carrying 35 children, according to Sgt. Dennis Pritchard.
The Explorer then continued north, into the path of a southbound 2002 Toyota pickup. Those two vehicles collided head-on and the pickup left the roadway, went down an embankment and rolled, Pritchard said.