Peter Linek, 55, and Ernest Lee Holmes, 91, killed, and 13 bus riders injured after a car traveling the wrong way collides with a SUV and a Greyhound bus on Interstate 75 near Jasper, Florida

Modified Date: 
Sun, 06/23/2019 - 8:41am
Accident Date: 
Thursday, April 3, 2014

2 killed, Greyhound bus damaged in wrong-way crash on I-75.

Two drivers died when a 91-year-old man driving the wrong way on Interstate 75 near the Florida-Georgia border late Friday night stuck an SUV and a Greyhound bus.

2 dead and 13 injured in crash on I-75 in Hamilton County.

Two Florida men died and 13 people were sent to local hospitals with minor injuries in a five vehicle crash involving a Greyhound bus on Interstate 75 in Jasper late last night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Atlanta-bound bus involved in fatal Florida crash.

An Atlanta-bound Greyhound bus was involved in a fatal, five-vehicle crash near the Florida-Georgia border, a spokeswoman with the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Two drivers died when a 91-year-old man driving the wrong way on Interstate 75 near the Florida-Georgia border late Friday night stuck an SUV and a Greyhound bus. Troopers said a 91-year-old driver was diving south in the northbound lanes when they ran head-on into the bus and a Ford Expedition at mile marker 449, about 10 miles south of Jasper in Hamilton County. The car's driver, Ernest Lee Holmes, 91, from High Springs, Florida was killed in the accident, according to the FHP report. Peter Linek, 55, of Ormond Beach, who was driving the SUV also died. 

Type: Bus Accident
People Involved: 
Peter Linek
Ernest Lee Holmes
Roadway: 
Interstate 75
City: 
Jasper, FL

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