Sheriff: Bus was hit by stolen car going wrong way

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RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — A car that collided with a Greyhound
bus on an Indiana highway, killing the car’s driver and injuring 19
people on the bus, had just been stolen and was headed in the wrong
direction, authorities said.
Phillip Lloyd, the driver of the
stolen 1999 Ford Mustang, died at the scene of the Sunday morning
collision on Interstate 70 near Richmond, Wayne County Sheriff Jeff
Cappa said. Lloyd was from Richmond, which is about 70 miles east of
Indianapolis and near the Ohio border.
"It had been reported
stolen from the Love’s truck stop … just prior to the crash," said
Cappa, adding that it was unclear how Lloyd ended up going westbound in
the eastbound lane. He declined to give Lloyd’s age.
The bus,
which was carrying the driver and 23 passengers when it was struck, was
headed from St. Louis to New York City. It also was scheduled to stop in
Dayton, Ohio, about 35 miles east of the crash site.
Brandi
Schroeder, who drove past the accident scene while returning home to
Indianapolis from Ohio, 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. She said that vehicle was so flattened that she couldn’t
tell if it was a car or truck or even make out its wheels.
"I’ve seen a lot of accidents, and I’ve never seen anything like this," Schroeder told The
Associated Press.
Most
of the injured were taken to Reid Memorial Hospital in Richmond for
treatment. Most had only scrapes, cuts and bruises and were soon
discharged, said hospital spokesman Larry Price.
"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."
Greyhound
spokeswoman Alexandria Pedrini said the driver was airlifted to
Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, but she said she couldn’t release
any information about the driver, including the nature of the driver’s
injuries.
Two new buses were dispatched to Richmond for the passengers, she said.
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