Las Vegas, NV : Twelve people injured after Shuttle bus collision with car near downtown Las Vegas on Saturday night, March 12, 2016

Twelve people were injured, one critically, when a shuttle bus overturned on Interstate 15 after a car swerved into its lane, causing it to overturn Saturday night, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.

The driver of the car, a 2000 Toyota Celica, was taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence, trooper Jason Buratczuk said.

The highway patrol got a call at 7:43 p.m. about an accident involving the shuttle bus and a 2000 Toyota Celica, Buratczuk said.

“The Toyota was in the left travel lane, and the bus was in the middle lane. The Toyota was unable to maintain its lane and hit the shuttle bus,” Buratczuk said. The impact caused the shuttle bus to rotate, and the Toyota struck the bus a second time, and the bus came to rest on its left side, he said.

Ten people, including the driver, were on the bus, while three people, two female passengers and the male driver, were in the Toyota, he said.

One woman, a passenger on the bus, was critically injured and transported to University Medical Center’s trauma unit. Seven other people were taken to UMC emergency, and four others were transported to Sunrise Hospital Medical Center. Other than the critically injured woman, none of the others who were transported had life-threatening injuries, the highway patrol said.

The Toyota Celica driver, whose name was not released, is being held at the Clark County Detention Center, Buratczuk said.

The highway patrol interviewed several people at the scene following the accident, he said.

“When we got on scene, there were several witnesses who stated the driver was driving recklessly and at a high rate of speed prior to the crash,” Buratczuk said.

A total of 16 emergency vehicles, including fire trucks and ambulances, responded to the scene, he said.

Because of the incident, the Nevada Highway Patrol closed several onramps and portions of I-15. Among them are the U.S. 95 northbound ramp onto I-15 northbound, and U.S. 95 southbound to I-15 north. In addition, northbound traffic on I-15 is being diverted to U.S. 95.

“It’s a mess. We’ll be out here for another two to three hours,” Buratczuk said at about 11 p.m.

The state Department of Transportation is assisting with the hard road closures.

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Shuttle bus collision with car injures 12 near downtown Las Vegas