The three people killed when the car they were riding in collided head-on with a school bus west of Tucson last month had methamphetamine and other drugs in their systems, autopsy results show.
Driver Raymond P. Kane III, 51, and passengers Barbara Jean Scott, 39, and Jerry A. Carrasco, 30, were each under the influence of meth at the time of the crash, according to autopsy results released by the Pima County Medical Examiner's Office.
Kane's autopsy revealed that his blood tested positive for amphetamines and marijuana, and his urine also tested positive for cocaine and oxycodone.
Carrasco's blood tested positive for amphetamines, marijuana and oxycodone, while Scott's blood tested positive for amphetamines.
The crash occurred just after 6 a.m. Sept. 22 on Ajo Highway near Ryan Airfield.
Video from a nearby Arizona Department of Public Safety radar enforcement van showed Kane's black Saturn, which was headed west on Ajo, veered over the center line and collided with the eastbound Altar Valley School District bus, killing Kane and his passengers instantly.
All three suffered trauma to the head, thorax, abdomen and upper and lower extremities, autopsy results show.
None of the people on the bus, which was transporting special- needs students to Flowing Wells High School, were injured.