Pace bus, 4 other vehicles involved in Wheaton, Illinois crash
A Pace bus was among five vehicles involved in a crash in the west Chicago suburb of Wheaton Tuesday evening.
The City of Wheaton said at 6:10 p.m., its police and fire departments were called for a five-vehicle crash near East Loop and Butterfield roads.
Pace said the bus was making a left turn from East Loop Road onto Butterfield Road around 6 p.m., when a car coming the opposite direction ran a red light and struck the bus.
Video from CBS Skywatch showed the Pace bus sloping into the culvert next to Butterfield Road.
Six people were taken to area hospitals for non-life-threatening injuries, the city said..Pace said the bus operator was among those taken to area hospitals.
The bus was to be towed, Pace said.
Following the crash, Butterfield Road was shut down between Laesk and Naperville roads, and East Loop Road was shut down between Naperville and Butterfield roads, Wheaton police said.
The road closures lasted about an hour and a half.
