Driver arrested for DUI after fatal bus crash in Hobart

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HOBART, Ind. (WISH) — Indiana State Police are investigating a fatal crash that happened Saturday evening on northbound I-65, which is beneath the 73rd Avenue overpass.

The crash involved a yellow bus towing a passenger car, an SUV, and a pickup truck. The bus was a retired school bus that had been converted into a recreational vehicle.

Investigators say that the bus hit the bridge support for the overpass and the driver of the bus was pronounced dead on the scene.

Police say that the driver of the truck, 48-year-old David K. Rodgers of Gary, showed signs of alcohol impairment. Rodgers became combative before being taken into custody. He was taken to a hospital were a blood draw was done.

Rodgers was taken to the Lake County Jail where he is being held on a probable cause hold for operating while intoxicated involving a fatality.

The bus passenger was airlifted to the University of Chicago Hospital with life threating injuries.

The driver of the SUV was not severely injured.

The crash remains under investigation and toxicology results are pending. Indiana State Police are requesting the public’s assistance. Anyone who witnessed the crash or has dash camera footage of the events leading up to the crash is asked to contact Trooper Hathaway at 219-696-6242.

No other information is available at this time.

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