Crash alert: Driver dies after car collides with Metro bus in Omaha
OMAHA, NE – A driver was killed in a collision with a Metro bus in Omaha Thursday morning, police said in a news release.
Officers were called to the area of Ames Avenue and 30th Street shortly before 11 a.m. following a report of a personal injury crash.
Investigators determined that the driver of a 2000 Chevy Impala was going westbound when the car crashed into the back of the bus that was stopped on Ames Avenue.
The driver of the Impala, identified as 42-year-old Shane M. Houston of Omaha, was pronounced dead after being transported to University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Two employees and two riders who were on the bus were not injured. Police are continuing their investigation into the accident.
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