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This story was updated at 1 p.m. on Tuesday with additional information on the number of people hospitalized as a result of the crash.
A multi-vehicle crash involving a car and a Mountain Rides bus near Gimlet subdivision Monday morning resulted in the hospitalizations of at least seven people, according to statements from the Blaine County Sheriff's Office and St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center.
First responders were called to the scene of the accident on state Highway 75 around 6:41 a.m., according to BCSO Chief Deputy Will Fruehling.
The driver of the bus, a passenger on the bus and the driver of the passenger car were transported to St. Luke’s in Ketchum with "unknown injuries," Fruehling told the Express.
St. Luke's Wood River spokeswoman Joy Prudek said that the hospital had two ambulances arrive at the Emergency Department and “multiple” other patients arrive in private vehicles as a result of the crash. In total, the hospital received seven people from the bus, she said Tuesday.
Crews respond to a Mountain Rides bus that crashed early Monday morning.
A Mountain Rides bus sat off the side of state Highway 75 between Hailey and Ketchum on Monday, Nov. 7.
Express photo by Roland Lane
Courtesy Nick Rogers
Prudek confirmed Tuesday that one person involved in the accident had been transported from St. Luke's Wood River to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, a Level II trauma center, for more extensive medical attention. Their name, age and condition was not immediately known.
The Hailey Police department reported icy road conditions and “multiple vehicle collisions” around the time of Monday's incident.
"Please keep your vehicle’s windows clear, give yourself plenty of time for travel and be patient as traffic will be slower than usual,” the department advised.
Commuters reported delays between 40 minutes and an hour between Hailey and Ketchum Monday morning.
“At Mountain Rides, safety is paramount," Mountain Rides Director Wally Morgus stated in a Monday email. "We are in the process of gathering the facts.”
On Tuesday, Fruehling said a department spokeswoman was out and the sheriff's office would not be releasing any further information about the crash this week.
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Who are all these peopling claiming only one person rides the bus? Just because you have a car doesn’t mean the rest of the valley does.
These buses tend to tail gate and drive too fast. Buses have tailgated me while a herd of elk crossed the highway.
How green is it that the bus drives one person around ?
This bus was most likely on the Valley route, the Green route was discontinued some time ago.
Yeah, they need a bigger bus for the one person who rides the bus !!!
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