Injuries reported as bus, 18-wheeler collide in Atlanta

ATLANTA - A bus and tractor trailer collided on Interstate 20 just west of Atlanta this afternoon, trapping the bus driver.<br> <br> Officer Joe Cobb, spokesman for the Atlanta Police Department, says 52-year-old Daniel McMurphy of Union, Missississippi, was the sole occupant of the bus. Cobb says the tractor trailer in front of McMurphy slowed for traffic, and he plowed into the back of the truck.<br> <br> The accident happened in the eastbound lanes of the interstate.<br> <br> Cobb says rescue workers spent at least an hour freeing McMurphy, and he was sent to Grady Memorial Hospital with critical injuries. He said the driver of the truck was not injured.<br> <br> Television news footage showed the front of the bus crunched into the rear of the tractor-trailer.<br> <br> The accident happened about 1:30 p.m., and the wreckage was cleared from the interstate about two and a half hours later.