ORLANDO, Fla. — Two street-racing cars crashed late Thursday, with one of the cars hitting an unloaded school bus, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
- FHP: 2 cars in street race crash; 1 hits school bus
- No children were on the bus at the time of the crash
- 1 driver charged with reckless driving; 1 driver critically hurt
The other car crashed into an unoccupied house.
At about 10:20 p.m., DeShawn Pinney was allegedly racing a 1997 Honda two-door car against Riaz Zaman and a 2002 Acura three-door car going southbound on Pine Hills Road, troopers say.
That's when the Honda driven by 19-year-old Pinney struck the left side of a 2008 school bus driven by Christopher Morales as he pulled out of a school bus facility, FHP said.
Pinney's car went partially under the school bus, which had no children in it at the time.
Zaman, 19, swerved the Acura onto the northbound lane of Pine Hills Road and struck an unoccupied house, investigators say.
Zaman was arrested and charged with reckless driving, and charges are pending for Pinney, the FHP said in a news release.
Pinney was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center in critical condition. Zaman and the 26-year-old Morales were not injured.
All of the Orlando drivers were wearing seat belts, troopers said.