GARY, IN : Driver charged after NW Indiana bus crash on Monday, 25th February 2019

Several children and an adult were injured after a crash in northwest Indiana involving a church bus returning from a Bulls game Monday night, and the driver has been charged, Indiana State Police said.

The bus was returning from the United Center and had approximately 47 people on board, including children. Four children, ranging in age from 10-14, and a 49-year-old were transported to hospitals for leg injuries and head and neck pain.

Indiana State police said Wilton Carr, 82, of Indiana was driving the bus, which is owned by Jesus Saves Missionary Baptist Church in Gary. The bus was driving eastbound in the right lane on I-80-90 at the 9.6 mile marker just before the Cline Avenue exit when the bus went off the road and hit the median going into the middle embankment.

The underbelly of the bus hit a grave and dirt embankment, which caused the front tires to go completely off the ground, police said. The impact caused some inside the bus to be tossed and thrown from their seats, police said.

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