MOTHER AND SON

Police identify victims in fatal East Valley school bus crash

(Metro Creative Connection)

A mother and her son died Friday afternoon after the vehicle they were in collided with a school bus near Southern Avenue and 80^th Street, Mesa police said. Monday.

Rachel Hughes-Lopez, 49, and her son Armando Lopez, 25, died at the scene of the crash, which occurred about 4:30 p.m. Nov. 6, police said.

No students were on the bus. The bus driver was taken to a hospital with undisclosed injuries.

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