A 52-year-old Carbondale, Illinois, man was flown to an out-of-state hospital after he was hit by a Vienna school bus, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office says.
The bus was carrying Vienna High School students to Southern Illinois University at Carbondale for a field trip. The sheriff's office says the bus was traveling northbound on Giant City Road when the man, identified as 52-year-old James Craft of Carbondale, tried to cross the road in front of the bus.
Multiple agencies responded to the scene after Craft was hit, including the sheriff's office, the Jackson County Ambulance Service, the Makanda Township Fire Department and the Carbondale Township Fire Department. The sheriff's office says Craft sustained serious injuries in the collision.