Ripley County, IN — Four people were injured when a car collided with a minibus on I-74 at the 157-mile marker just before 5:30 pm Sunday.
Ripley County Sheriff’s Deputy Adam Hunger says 39-year-old Charles Simpson was driving westbound on I-74 when his car struck the back of a minibus driven by Emanuel Ford.
Around 16 passengers were on the bus at the time of the crash.
Simpson and two of his passengers, and a passenger on the bus, were all taken to Margaret Mary Health with non-life-threatening injuries.
The bus passengers who escaped injury were taken to a hotel in Batesville.
The westbound lanes of the interstate were shut down for about an hour.
Deputy Hunger was assisted at the scene by Sunman Fire and Rescue as well as EMS units from Batesville, Bright, and Ripley County; the Batesville Police Department; Buckley’s Auto, and TDS Towing.
Simpson is from Avon while Ford is from St. Louis, Missouri.
