Driver hits van, CTA bus in Loop

The crash occurred about 8:45 p.m. Wednesday in the 300 block of South State Street. The driver was issued citations. A woman in his car was hospitalized in good condition, police said.

SHARE Driver hits van, CTA bus in Loop
Screenshot 2024-06-26 at 11.01.55 PM.png

The 300 block of South State Street.

Google Maps

A driver was issued traffic citations after striking a van and a CTA bus Wednesday in the Loop, leaving one person hospitalized.

The man was driving a gray sedan about 8:45 p.m. south in the 300 block of South State Street when he hit a gray van traveling in the same direction, Chicago police said. His car then ran into a CTA bus that was stopped.

A woman who was a passenger in the gray sedan was hospitalized in good condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, police said.

No other injuries were reported.

The Latest
Another observation on the great year for coho fishing, a bush-trimming velvet buck in the suburbs and sandhill cranes on a famous Wisconsin golf course are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
The court overturned another decades-old precedent, the Chevron doctrine. Opponents of all kinds of regulations meant to protect ordinary Americans will now be able to tie up proposed rules in court for years.
How a reporter’s interview turned into a friendship with Esteban Pantoja, actor and creator of one of the most beloved drag characters in the Mexican American community in the South Side of Chicago.
Michael Pfleger, South Side pastor, whose peace marches are legendary, shifts to a media campaign to reach parents.
The schools target Black, Brown, low-income students with their recruiting, offering promises of future economic stability that’s rarely fulfilled. Instead, students are left saddled with debt, in low-paying jobs that pay them what high school grads make, a WBEZ investigation has found.