Three killed as Greyhound bus crashes into parked lorries in Illinois

Three people were killed and 14 others injured when a Greyhound bus crashed into three stationary lorries in southern Illinois, police said (Christian Gooden/St Louis Post-Dispatch/AP)

Three people were killed and 14 others injured, some seriously, when a Greyhound bus crashed into three stationary lorries in southern Illinois early on Wednesday, police said.

Illinois State Police said an initial investigation indicated that the bus had been travelling westbound along Interstate 70 in Madison County at around 1.55am when it collided with the tractor-trailers, which were parked on the exit ramp to the Silver Lake Rest Area.