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		</div><p>Five people have been killed and several others have lost limbs after a bus veered off a central California highway and struck a pole that sliced the vehicle nearly in half, authorities said.</p>
<p>Rescuers pulled out &#8220;bags of body parts&#8221; from the survivors of the crash on State Route 99, where the speeding bus hit the pole of a highway exit sign head-on, Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke said.</p>
<p>It sheared straight through bus, stopping at the first rear axle &#8220;with a great impact&#8221;, he said.</p>
<p>Emergency workers climbed in through the windows to pull out trapped passengers. Others were ejected and were lying in a ditch, Mr Warnke said.</p>
<p>Five people were killed and at least five others were airlifted to hospitals, California Highway Patrol Officer Moises Onsurez said.</p>
<p>He did not have information about any additional injuries or the cause of the single-vehicle crash.</p>
<p>&#8220;The pole went through the centre of the bus, and that&#8217;s where the injuries were sustained,&#8221; Mr Onsurez said.</p>
<p>The still-intact sign stuck out from the roof of the crumpled bus. Wreckage and debris including seat cushions, drink containers, pillows and a blanket were scattered in lanes and on the shoulder of the highway, a few miles south of the town of Livingston.</p>
<p>Mr Onsurez identified the driver as Mario David Vasquez from the Los Angeles area, the Merced Sun-Star reported.</p>
<p>The 57-year-old was among those with major injuries and was airlifted to hospital, the newspaper said.</p>
<p>The bus operated by Autobuses Coordinados USA was heading to Washington state and was due in Livingston at 1.30am local time to change drivers, Mr Warnke said.</p>
<p>The crash occurred shortly before 3.30am between the community of Atwater and Livingston, just a few miles down the highway.</p>
<p>The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration listed the carrier as having a &#8220;satisfactory&#8221; rating as of May 17.</p>
<p>The bus was inspected in April and had three violations, including a lack of or a defective brake warning device.</p>
<p>That violation was not further described, and there was no indication whether each of the items had been fixed.</p>
<p>The highway runs through farm fields and almond orchards in the San Joaquin Valley northwest of Fresno. Its northbound lanes were closed during the investigation, backing up traffic for miles.</p>
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