Overview

• At about 8 a.m. Tuesday, a GMC Acadia driven by a 74-year-old Zion man collided with the stop arm of a school bus on Sheridan Road at Mawman Avenue.
• No injuries were reported among the bus occupants, which included a driver and two children.
• The SUV then sideswiped a Ford Focus, struck a Chevrolet Colorado and hit a Ford Flex in a northbound direction.
• The Acadia driver was hospitalized in critical condition while the Focus and Colorado drivers sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries and the Flex driver escaped unharmed.
• Investigators with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office are examining whether a medical episode triggered the multi-vehicle crash.