School bus crash: 2 hospitalized after driver experiences medical episode, Chicago police say

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team WLS logo
Friday, May 13, 2022
School bus involved in crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive
A school bus was involved in a crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive on the South Side, causing Chicago traffic. It is not yet known if anyone was hurt.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two people were hospitalized after a multi-vehicle crash involving a school bus happened on Friday afternoon, the Chicago Police Department said.

A man was driving a school bus in the 5700 block of DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Chicago's South Side when he experienced a medical episode at about 4:49 p.m., police said. Multiple vehicles were struck.

The bus driver and a woman were hospitalized, police said. No other injuries were reported..

All southbound lanes were blocked at 5700 South DuSable Lake Shore Drive near Jackson Park due to the multi-vehicle accident, police said. The City of Chicago's Office of Emergency Management and Communications warned drivers about the crash on Twitter.