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A damaged Greyhound bus is prepared for transport on July 12, 2023, from the scene of a fatal wreck on westbound Interstate 70 after the bus collided with a tractor-trailer near Highland, Illinois.

A damaged Greyhound bus is prepared for transport on July 12, 2023, from the scene of a fatal wreck on westbound Interstate 70 after the bus collided with a tractor-trailer near Highland, Illinois. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Three people were killed and 14 others injured early Wednesday in a southern Illinois crash involving a Greyhound bus and multiple commercial vehicles, state police said. Read…

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