( CNN ) -- At least nine people were killed Thursday when a tour bus collided with a truck in Glenn County , California , said California Highway Patrol Officer Timothy Howath . CNN affiliate KRCR reported the passengers on the bus were students going to visit colleges . The bus collided with a FedEx semi-truck near Orland , the affiliate said . `` Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved in the tragic accident on I-5 in California . We are cooperating fully with authorities as they investigate , '' said FedEx spokeswoman Bonnie Kourvelas . Images from the scene on Interstate 5 showed emergency workers around the vehicles ' charred remains . Long lines of traffic snaked away from the accident . Orland is about 100 miles north of Sacramento . Karen White , spokeswoman with Shasta Regional Medical Center , said her hospital has received two patients . `` I do n't know if any more are coming , '' she said . In a statement , Humboldt State University in Northern California said it was working to find out more about the crash . `` Humboldt State University is getting word of an accident involving a charter bus that was bringing a group of prospective students to the university 's April 12 Spring Preview Day , '' the statement read . CNN 's Dave Alsup and Carma Hassan contributed to this report .
Passengers on the bus were students going to visit colleges , KRCR reports . The affiliate says the bus collided with a FedEx semi-truck near Orland . Long lines of traffic snake away from the accident .