Greyhound bus in fatal crash was to make stop in Dayton

Wayne County Sheriff Jeff Cappa reports that a 1990 Ford Mustang going the wrong way collided with Greyhound Bus No. 1679.

The Mustang's driver, Phillip Lloyd, of South Sixth Street in Richmond, Ind., was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the sheriff's office.

The bus driver was seriously injured and taken by medical helicopter to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. His identity and condition were not released Sunday afternoon.

Twenty-three passengers were also injured and taken to Reid Hospital in Richmond.

Greyhound spokeswoman Lanesha Gipson said 21 of the passengers were treated and released while two were admitted as patients.

It's unclear how the Mustang entered the highway going in the opposite direction, but the vehicle was reported stolen from the Love's Truck Stop on U.S. 35 in Richmond just prior to the crash, according to Cappa.

Gipson said the company is working with authorities and conducting its own investigation into what happened.

The bus was en route from St. Louis to New York.

Gipson said the passengers who were treated and released at Reid boarded a new bus and continued on to their destination.

Greyhound opted to bypass a planned stop in Dayton, where the bus would have refueled, because there were no local residents among the passengers.

The Wayne County Sheriff's Office was assisted at the scene by Richmond police and fire, Indiana State Police, Centerville police, Indiana Department of Transportation, Wayne County Coroner's Office and multiple emergency medical units from around Wayne County.