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Stolen taco truck hits school bus while fleeing California police

A man is transported to an ambulance at the scene of an accident involving a stolen taco truck and a school bus Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, in San Bernardino. Authorities in Southern California say two men fleeing from police in a stolen taco truck sideswiped a school bus full of children, took down the lights at an intersection and smashed into a propane truck.
A man is transported to an ambulance at the scene of an accident involving a stolen taco truck and a school bus Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, in San Bernardino. Authorities in Southern California say two men fleeing from police in a stolen taco truck sideswiped a school bus full of children, took down the lights at an intersection and smashed into a propane truck.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Southern California authorities say two men fleeing from police in a stolen taco truck sideswiped a school bus full of children, took down the lights at an intersection and smashed into a propane truck.

No one was seriously hurt in the chase Monday. San Bernardino police Lt. Rich Lawhead says the men fled after officers spotted them in the stolen truck on a highway.

After the crash, witnesses tell the San Bernardino Sun that officers fired two shots at the men.

Driver Jeremy Morales says the scene was so crazy that he pulled into a nearby service station to get out of the way.

Lawhead says the men in the truck were taken to a hospital as a precaution.