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Update: Deadly bus crash truck driver to stand trial

A truck driver whose rig collided with a tour bus in Palm Springs, killing 13 people and injuring 31 others, has been ordered to stand trial on more than 40 felony and misdemeanor counts, including vehicular
manslaughter and reckless driving.
Bruce Guilford, 51, of Covington, Georgia, is accused of falling asleep at the wheel in the early morning hours of Oct. 23, 2016, minutes before a tour bus slammed into the rear of his rig on westbound Interstate 10. Teodulo Elias Vides, owner of the USA Holiday bus company, was killed, along with a
dozen of his passengers riding near the front of the bus.

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