LAFAYETTE, La. — UPDATE: As of 6:30 a.m., all lanes of the Thruway were back open.
Lafayette Police say the crash happened around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, when a Greyhound bus turned left into the path of a passenger vehicle.
The bus was on Sixth Street and was turning left onto the Thruway, to travel north, police say.
The bus turned into the path of a passenger vehicle traveling northbound in the middle lane of the 300 block of SE Evangeline Thruway, resulting in a side-impact collision, police say.
The driver of the car suffered severe injuries and was transported to a local hospital where he was listed in critical but stable condition Friday morning, police say.
The bus driver was issued a citation for failure to yield from a stop sign. They don't suspect impairment.
The crash remains under active investigation by the Lafayette Police Department’s Traffic Unit, police say.
