A bus crash forced Florida High Patrol officials to close eastbound Interstate 4 for several hours today.
According to FHP reports, at 11:09 a.m., a bus owned by First Baptist Church of College Hill, of Tampa, Florida was traveling eastbound on Interstate 4 in the center lane near Mango. The driver, Martin Rufus Silas Jr., of Seffner, suffered a medical emergency and lost control of the bus.
The bus veered to the left, then right until the bus collided with a crash attenuator located at the entrance ramp to the eastbound FDOT weigh station.
Post-collision, the bus caught fire and was partially burned. Silas suffered minor injuries as a result of the crash itself and was taken to Tampa General Hospital for medical care.
The crash has closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 4 from the Interstate 75 junction. The eastbound lanes reopened at about 1:15 p.m.