Quick Facts:
Where: Highway 24 in Idaville, Indiana.
What Happened: Bus allegedly crossed the center line of the roadway and collided with a tractor-trailer heading the opposite direction.
Participants:
- Three unidentified bus passengers.
- Unidentified bus driver.
- Unidentified tractor-trailer driver.
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- One bus passenger, killed.
- Two bus passengers, injured.
- Bus driver, injured.
Details:
On or about Tuesday, October 6th, 2020, one person was killed and three others were injured when the bus they were in and a tractor-trailer collided head-on in Idaville, Indiana.
Law enforcement have said that a bus operated by Peak Community Service allegedly crossed over the center line of the roadway on Highway 24 when it struck a tractor-trailer in the oncoming lanes. One bus passenger was killed, while two other passengers and the driver were taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.
Officers did not specify why the bus allegedly veered into oncoming traffic. Were the lanes clearly marked? Was a curve taken too quickly? Possible medical episode?