Coroner: San Bernardino County tour bus collision death toll rises by 1 to 8

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Investigators at the scene of a fatal tour bus crash near Yucaipa, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Authorities say the death toll from last weekend's tour bus collision has risen to eight with the death of the driver of a pickup truck struck by the bus.

A San Bernardino County coroner's official says 72-year-old Fred Bailey Richardson of San Bernardino died at 6:39 a.m. Wednesday at Loma Linda University Medical Center.

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Richardson was driving a landscaping service truck that was struck by the out-of-control bus Sunday night near Yucaipa. The crash crushed the pickup.

The other seven fatalities were people who died at the scene.

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