SUV In Wrong Lane Hits Greyhound Bus In Alabama; 1 Dead, 13 Hurt

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) _ A sport utility vehicle traveling in the wrong highway lane collided head-on with a Greyhound bus early Friday, killing the SUV's driver and injuring several other people, the

Friday, July 27th 2007, 9:52 am

By: News On 6

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) _ A sport utility vehicle traveling in the wrong highway lane collided head-on with a Greyhound bus early Friday, killing the SUV's driver and injuring several other people, the mayor said.

At least 52 people from the bus were taken to a hospital, but only 13 were treated, most with moderate to serious injuries, and the SUV driver was pronounced dead, Mayor Bobby Bright said. He said several passengers had broken bones, bloody noses, cuts or bruises, but nothing that appeared life-threatening.

``They were just alarmed and some of them were in a state of shock and did not know at that point in time the extent of their own injuries,'' Bright told television station WSFA. ``The most important thing is we got the seriously injured passengers to the hospital immediately.''

A city bus later transported the remaining passengers to Baptist Medical Center-South to be checked out.

The driver was alone in the SUV, which was headed north in the southbound lane, Bright said. Authorities weren't certain why the SUV was traveling the wrong way.

The Greyhound driver was slightly injured but was not among the 13 taken immediately to the hospital, the mayor said.

The accident marked the second time in four months that a Greyhound bus has collided head-on with a vehicle going the wrong way on an interstate highway in Montgomery during early morning hours. On March 31, a car headed the wrong way on Interstate 85 collided with a Greyhound about 3 a.m., killing the car's driver and sending 20 people to the hospital with injuries, none critical.