School Bus Crash on Palatine Road in Inverness

UPDATE: 10:14 a.m. on Friday

A Barrington Hills man is dead after his vehicle crashed head-on into a Distrsict 15 school bus  yesterday,the Barrington Courier-Review reports.

Steven Schmidt, 50, crashed into the bus while traveling east on Palatine Road near Highland Road in Inverness. He was pronounced dead at Northwest Community Hospital, the newspaper reports.   

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UPDATE: 3:41 a.m. The Daily Herald is reporting that the driver of the sports utility vehicle has died.

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Original Article 

A crash involving a District 15 school bus and a sports utility vehicle has resulted in two injuries, Palatine Rural Fire Protection District officials said.

The driver was the only one in the school bus at the time of the accident, which was reported around 3:50 p.m. The bus was headed east on Palatine Road and collided with an SUV headed west. Both drivers were taken by ambulance to an area hospital, fire officials said. 

The driver of the SUV had to be extricated and the injuries were described as serious. As of 5:30 p.m., Palatine Road was closed between Roselle Road and Ela Road. 

Fire officials said the road should be open later this evening.