RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) – A Greyhound bus headed from St. Louis to New York City collided Sunday with a car on an eastern Indiana highway, killing one person and injuring at least 18 others, an official said.
The accident happened Sunday morning on Interstate 70 near Richmond, which is about 70 miles east of Indianapolis and 35 miles west of Dayton, Ohio, where it planned to make a stop. Authorities temporarily closed all lanes of the highway before reopening them about three hours later.
The cause of the collision was being investigated.
Wayne County spokesman Jonathan Duke said one person was reportedly killed and 18 others were taken by ambulance or helicopter to hospitals. He didn’t know the extent of the injuries.
A dispatcher with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department said she believed the driver of the bus, which sustained heavy damage to its front end, was airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital. The driver’s condition was not immediately available.