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Police: Bus driver in triple-fatal crash distracted by ice

Posted July 24, 2017 7:00 am

The Associated Press

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Authorities say the driver of a bus that slammed into the rear of minivan, killing three people, told investigators he was distracted by ice under his feet.

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says 46-year-old Brian Hodges of New Albany told deputies he was looking down, trying to kick away the ice, before he looked up Saturday and saw the minivan had stopped for a lane closure on the Indiana 37 Business Route just north of Bloomington.

The Herald-Times reports (http://bit.ly/2vDb8Yv ) Hodges said he could not avoid the collision and didn't see signs warning of the lane restriction.

The crash killed three occupants of the minivan: 54-year-old Rose Pettus, 30-year-old Shante Lewis 29-year-old Orlando Lewis Jr., all of Greenwood. At least two other people were injured in the five-vehicle collision.

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Information from: The Herald Times, http://www.heraldtimesonline.com

Lieutenant Thomas, left, and Sheriff Brad Swain, right, of the Monroe County Sheriff's Department, look over the wreck of a minivan, in which one man and two women were killed, and passenger bus after a crash involving five vehicles on North State Road 37 just north of Bayles Road in Bloomington, Ind., Saturday, July 22, 2017. (Alex McIntyre/The Herald-Times via AP) The Associated Press

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