ORANGE COUNTY, Fla.,None — Eight people were injured Tuesday afternoon, one person seriously, in a collision between a Disney bus and a parked charter bus in the right through-lane near the Epcot parking entrance. The Florida Highway Patrol said the accident happened around 2:15pm at Epcot Center Drive near World Drive and North South Road (see map), just before the main Epcot parking entrance.
According to FHP, the Disney bus rear-ended the Mears charter bus, leaving the front of the Disney bus completely smashed in (see images). FHP said there were no passengers on the charter bus and the bus driver was outside of the vehicle at the time of the collision and unhurt. It's unclear at this time why the charter bus was parked in a through-lane.
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The driver of the Disney bus was airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center in serious condition. The Reedy Creek Fire Department said he was trapped inside for 15 minutes while firefighters worked to pull him out.
The seven other patients were said to have minor injuries. Three of them were transported to Celebration Hospital, while four were taken to Dr. Phillips.
Troopers are trying to find out why the charter bus was stopped in the road and who is at fault in the crash.
While the crash closed access to the Epcot parking entrance for nearly two hours, traffic appeared to be getting through around 4:00pm.
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