24 injured in Indiana bus crash

SEYMOUR, Ind. (AP) — A double-decker bus headed from Chicago to Atlanta slid off a highway in southern Indiana and rolled onto its side early Saturday, injuring 24 people, authorities said.

The bus, operated by Megabus and carrying 68 passengers, veered off the road at around 5:30 a.m. on Interstate 65 in Seymour, State Police Trooper Clifton Elston said.

The most serious injury was a broken collarbone, and most of the others were treated for minor cuts, Trooper Tommy Walker said. Two of the 26 passengers brought to Schneck Medical Center in Seymour refused treatment.

The bus driver, Christopher Kelley of Olympia Fields, Ill., told police he was in the left lane and moving to the right lane when he lost control and slid onto the grassy median, Trooper Matt Holley said. Walker said speed and the weather may have played a role.

“Conditions changed from being dry and cloudy and cold to we got some winds and then some snow flurries,” he said.

Walker said several other accidents were reported in the area, which is about 60 miles southeast of Indianapolis. The cause of the accident is being investigated.

In October, a Megabus following the same route was involved in a crash just south of Indianapolis in which several people were injured.