CHICAGO – Authorities say dozens of people have been injured in Chicago after a crowded commuter bus traveled off a major thoroughfare and crashed into trees.
Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford says around 70 people were on the Chicago Transit Authority bus when it veered off Lake Shore Drive around 6 p.m. Saturday.
The impact caved in a front side of the bus.
Langford says one person was taken to a hospital in critical condition and three in serious condition. About a dozen others were in fair to serious condition.
Langford says more than 20 others were treated at the scene mainly for bumps and bruises.