Bus crash kills 3 in Indiana

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS

A bus carrying teenagers returning home from a church camp in Michigan crashed Saturday afternoon about a mile from its destination, killing three people and sending 26 others to hospitals, officials said.

The bus came speeding off of Interstate 465 in northern Indianapolis, about a mile from the Colonial Hills Baptist Church that passengers attended. It struck a retaining wall as it tried to round a curve and overturned.

“They were not that far from home. ... That only adds to the tragedy,” Indianapolis Public Safety Director Tony Riggs said.

The dead included a husband and wife, Riggs said. Authorities did not provide information on the third victim.

WTHR-TV reported the bus driver told witnesses his brakes failed.

Fire officials said the bus was carrying about 40 passengers and that the injured included children and adults.