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Update: Woman, Montwood Student Killed After Car Strikes School Bus

An early morning accident involving a Honda and a Socorro ISD school bus leaves two women dead, and one person injured.

El Paso Police identified the women as Maria Gomez and Jennifer Gomez, both of the 12000 block of Russolo.Police said the two were related but did not immediately know the relationship.

Jennifer Gomez was a junior at Montwood High School.

According to El Paso Police, the accident happened just before 8 a.m. Tuesday morning, at the intersection of Bob Hope and Vista del Sol. Socorro ISD officials tell ABC-7 a school bus had just dropped off students at nearby Clarke Middle School, and the driver was headed back to the district’s bus barn.

Emergency crews say the late-model Honda struck the bus in the intersection, causing the bus to roll onto its side. According to El Paso Police, the initial investigation indicates that the car ran the red light.

El Paso Fire Department crews had to use the jaws of life to free both the school bus driver, as well as the driver and passenger of the Honda. According to our cameraman, the roof of the Honda was cut and bent backwards by emergency crews, in order to reach the injured passenger and driver.

Officials tell ABC-7 that Maria Gomez, the driver of the car, was killed on scene, while the passenger of the car, Jennifer Gomez, died upon arrival at Del Sol Medical Center. The bus driver, Abel Hernandez, was also transported to Del Sol Medical Cener with undisclosed injuries.

Maria Gomez is the third traffic fatality of 2011 and Jennifer Gomez is the fourth traffic fatality of 2011. Hernandez was the sole occupant of the School Bus.

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