One dead, eight injured in Chicago bus crash: local media

[Yahoo! News]

(Reuters) - One person was killed and eight were injured on Tuesday when a Chicago bus ran up onto a downtown sidewalk during the afternoon rush hour, local media reported. Local officials told the Chicago Tribune a Chicago Transit Authority bus struck at least four vehicles and one pedestrian near the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Lake Street at about 5:45 p.m. local time, the paper reported. A 51-year-old woman involved in the crash died at a local hospital and the bus driver suffered minor injuries, the paper reported.

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