Coroner Identifies the 3 Men Killed in a Greyhound Bus Crash Near St. Louis

Workers clear debris from westbound Interstate 70 near Highland, Ill., on July 12, 2023, after a Greyhound passenger bus collided with a tractor-trailer. Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP

ST. LOUIS—Passengers from New Jersey, Arizona and Illinois were killed when a Greyhound bus slammed into three tractor-trailers parked along an exit ramp near St. Louis, a coroner said Thursday.

Fourteen others were injured in the accident just before 2 a.m. Wednesday on Interstate 70 near Highland, Illinois, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) short of the Greyhound’s destination in St. Louis. The bus, which departed from Indianapolis, was carrying about 30 people. No one on the trucks was hurt.