A collision between a Greyhound bus and a car on an eastern Indiana highway early Sunday morning killed one person and injured at least 19 others, an official said. Headed from St. Louis to New York City, the colliding car had been stolen and was traveling the wrong way.
Phillip Lloyd, who was driving the stolen Ford Mustang, died in the Sunday morning crash at 7:00 a.m. on Interstate 70 near Richmond, which is about 70 miles east of Indianapolis and 35 miles west of Dayton, Ohio, Wayne County Sheriff Jeff Cappa said. Authorities temporarily closed all lanes of the highway before reopening them about three hours later.
One person was reportedly killed and 19 others were taken by ambulance or helicopter to Richmond hospital, Wayne County spokesman Jonathan Duke said, adding that he couldn't confirm the extent of the injuries. However, 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. Lloyd's condition was not immediately available, the Associated Press reported.
After being taken to Reid Memorial Hospital in Richmond, many victims were treated for minor injuries such as cuts, scrapes and bruises, hospital spokesman Larry Price said. About half of them had already been discharged. "I would describe them as walking and wounded," Price said. "At last check it didn't appear that we were going to have to admit someone."
Brandi Schroeder, who drove past the accident scene, said the bus ended up off the shoulder of the highway's eastbound lane and that the other vehicle lay crushed in the inbound lane. "I've seen a lot of accidents, and I've never seen anything like this," Schroeder told the AP.
The bus was carrying 24 passengers and the driver, Greyhound spokeswoman Alexandria Pedrini said. Two new buses were dispatched to Richmond for the passengers, she said.
