Early Saturday morning, there was a bus accident involving a CTA bus and a car in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. Ten people were injured during the collision.
According to Chicago Police, the accident happened at approximately 1:30 a.m. in the 7200 block of South Jeffery Blvd.
The collision happened when a car crossed over the center line and collided with the bus, which was a regular size Chicago CTA bus.
Of the ten people injured, two were critically injured and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Illinois. One of these two critically injured people was the car’s driver.
Of the eight remaining injured people, one was taken to South Shore Hospital in serious condition and the other seven were taken to two other hospitals in good condition.
Additional details and possible updates can be seen in a variety of media sources including the June 16 MyFoxChicago.com story titled “10 hurt when CTA bus, car collide on South Side” as well as the June 16 stltoday.com story titled “Car collides with Chicago bus, injuring 10.”
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