2 dozen injured in southern Indiana bus crash

SEYMOUR, Ind. -- More than two dozen people were injured when a double-decker bus traveling from Chicago to Atlanta slid off an interstate in southern Indiana and rolled onto its side early Saturday.

The bus, operated by Megabus and carrying about 70 passengers, left the road about 5:30 a.m. Saturday on Interstate 65 in Seymour, Indiana State Police trooper Clifton Elston said.

Twenty-seven people from the bus were treated for minor injuries at Schneck Medical Center in Seymour, hospital spokeswoman Stephanie Furlow said. Jackson County Emergency Medical Services supervisor Roger Wheeler told The Tribune of Seymour a pregnant woman with a cut to her head was taken to an Indianapolis hospital.

Wintry weather conditions, including snow flurries and wind, as well as speed may have contributed to the crash, state police said, noting several other accidents were reported in the area, about 60 miles southeast of Indianapolis. The investigation is continuing.

The bus also had stopped in Indianapolis and had planned to stop in Louisville, Kentucky, and Nashville and Chattanooga, Tennessee, according to Sean Hughes, Megabus North America associate director of corporate affairs.

He said Megabus was "assisting the authorities with their investigation" into the accident.

State police said the uninjured were taken to Seymour Middle School, where the Red Cross had set up a shelter.

In October, a Megabus following the same route was involved in a crash on I-65 just south of Indianapolis, in which several people were injured.