Six go to hospital following Ladue bus accident

LADUE, Mo. (AP) -- A Metro bus crash in suburban St. Louis sent six people to the hospital Friday. None of their injuries was considered life-threatening, authorities said.

Lt. Bill Baker with the Ladue police department said the bus was heading east on Interstate 64, known locally as Highway 40, when it crossed a road, crashed into a chain link fence, through some trees and ended up in a parking lot.

"According to the driver -- he told a medic on scene -- he began feeling lightheaded," Baker said. Baker said the driver tried to pull the bus over but lost consciousness.

Eight passengers and the driver were on the bus at the time of the accident.

Metro spokeswoman Dianne Williams said the bus was heading from the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield to a Metrolink station in Brentwood. She said the driver has been with transit agency since 1994.