Ohio Highway Patrol: Crash of bus carrying disabled people kills 4 people

4 dead in bus-truck crash on Ohio highway

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Ohio Highway Patrol says a tractor-trailer jackknifed, swerved into oncoming highway traffic and collided with a small bus transporting disabled passengers, killing four adults in the bus.

The accident occurred Thursday afternoon on a snow-covered Interstate 70 near Springfield in southwest Ohio.

Clark County coroner’s investigator Michael Haytas says the four dead are adults and their identities have not been confirmed.

Patrol Sgt. Raymond Durant says the tractor-trailer was heading west when it crossed the highway median and clipped another vehicle and struck the bus.

Durant says among the dead is the bus driver. He says seven others were injured, including the driver of the truck.