Three Killed After Car Crashes Into School Bus West Of Lame Deer

Three people are dead after a car crashed into a school bus west of Lame Deer, Montana, on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.

According to the Montana Highway Patrol, just after 7am on Tuesday (April 15th), a school bus on US Highway 212 at mile marker 38, was stopped to pick up children, when it was hit from behind by a passenger vehicle.

Three passengers in the vehicle, including an infant (identities unknown), suffered fatal injuries.

The 19-year old male driver of the vehicle and an 18-year old female passenger, both from Arkansas, were injured and taken to a hospital in Billings.

The Patrol says the driver was the only one wearing a seat belt.

No one on the school bus was injured.