UPDATED: Motorcyclist injured in crash with school bus in Bloomington

Posted on October 17, 2016
Bus crash
The motorcyclist in a crash at Bunn and Hazel streets in Bloomington is in serious condition. (Photo by Kevin Embry)

By Eric Stock

BLOOMINGTON – A motorcyclist is in serious condition following a crash with a First Student school bus on Monday morning.

McLean County Sheriff’s Police say Chris Beck, 33, of Bloomington struck the front of a school bus with 21 students on board, but no one on the bus was hurt.

The crash happened at about 6:50 a.m. near the intersection of Hazel and Bunn streets in Bloomington.

Police say Beck was traveling southbound on Bunn Street when he collided with the bus that was turning southbound onto Bunn Street from Hazel Street.

Beck is listed in serious condition at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington. He was also ticketed for reckless driving and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

Unit 5 spokeswoman Dayna Brown said the Cedar Ridge Elementary students were all checked out by paramedics and were all determined to be unhurt.

Brown added the district contacted parents to notify them of the crash and that district and school administrators were on scene.

Eric Stock can be reached at [email protected]. 

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