UPDATED: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 7:43 P.M.
WARE, IL (WSIL) -- The roadway has been cleared and Route 3 is now back open to traffic.
UPDATED: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 7:08 P.M.
WARE, IL (WSIL) -- Officials with Shawnee Community Unit School District #84 confirm it was one of their buses involved in the crash. They say the driver of that bus, and a student, were treated at a local hospital and later released.
ORIGINAL STORY
WARE, IL (WSIL) -- Authorities are on scene of multi-vehicle wreck on Route 3 south of Ware, IL, near the Alexander County/Union County line.
Alexander County Sheriff Tim Brown said authorities are on scene where a school bus was involved in an accident, along with a semi truck and a car.
Brown said there were multiple individuals involved with minor injuries.
Illinois State Police Troop 10 stated the accident happened at approximately 3:06 p.m.
ISP Troop 10 and emergency personnel are on scene.
Pictures courtesy the Southern Illinois Fire Incidents show the bus is on its side on the side of the road.
IL State Route 3 was reportedly closed from State Route 146 Ware intersection to the Union/Alexander County line near McClure.
A detour was in place through Olive Branch and State Route 127.
We will have more information on this incident as it becomes available.
