CapMetro Bus Crashes Into Building

Two people were seriously injured when a Capital Metro bus collided with a sport-utility vehicle and crashed through a brick wall on Medical Parkway near 39th Street just after 8 a.m. today. EMS officials said six people were taken to hospitals, four with minor injuries. One of the seriously injured patients was the bus driver. The other seriously injured patient was a passenger on the bus.

Police said the bus collided with the gray SUV and then crashed through the wall at a building that houses the Communication Workers of America offices at 3901 Medical Parkway before coming to a rest against the building. Officials said the bus driver, Theresa Williams, a 28-year Cap Metro veteran, was pinned in her seat for a while because the bus was up against the building, trapping her leg.

Police say the driver of the SUV is at fault in the collision because it failed to yield the right-of-way from a side street to the bus. The SUV driver’s name has not been released by police.

Williams won’t be cited, police said.

Nine other people, including the driver of the SUV, were treated at the scene. No one inside the building was injured, EMS said.