BLANCO ROAD (BETWEEN COOPER AND DAVIS ROADS IN SALINAS) WAS CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON SATURDAY, AFTER A FATAL BUS ACCIDENT. 1 PERSON WAS KILLED AND 4 WERE INJURED WHEN A PICK-UP TRUCK AND AN M.S.T.- BUS COLLIDED AT 5:15 IN THE MORNING. THE DRIVER OF THE PICK-UP TRUCK, 61-YEAR-OLD DIONISIO GALINDO NUNEZ WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE, AND 4 PEOPLE ON THE MONTEREY-SALINAS BUS WERE TRANSPORTED TO AREA HOSPITALS WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.
