University bus, van crash in 300 block of Broadway; another car flees scene

A Southeast Missouri State University shuttle bus and a van were involved in an accident around 2 p.m. in the 300 block of Broadway in Cape Girardeau. The crash happened at the intersection of Broadway and Lorimier Street.

The bus had front-end damage, while the van was damaged in the back and front. People riding in the bus said a blue four-door car was also involved in the accident. It collided with the van and sped from the scene, they said.

No information was known just after 2 p.m. on the extent of injuries of those involved, though no one on the bus appeared to be injured.

A Cape Girardeau police officer holds the license plate that was left behind from a vehicle that left the scene of an accident Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at Broadway and Lorimier streets in Cape Girardeau. The fleeing vehicle struck a minivan, spinning it into a university-owned bus which collided with the front of the minivan, according to police. (Fred Lynch)

A license plate from the car that fled the scene was left behind, and police were using it to track the suspect.

Sgt. Jason Selzer, spokesman for the police department, said just before 5 p.m. Wednesday that the suspect hadn't been found yet.