One person dead after SUV hit bus on I-69

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – One person is dead following a crash on Interstate 69 early Sunday morning.

Police say around 3:30 a.m. an SUV was traveling north around the Goshen Road exit when the driver hit the back of a black bus causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle.  The SUV then hit the center barrier wall.

Initially police reported that the SUV hit the back of a semi and then a guard rail.  As the investigation continued, they found out the SUV hit a bus, not a semi.  They also don’t think the SUV ever hit the guard rail, instead hitting the center wall after colliding with the bus.

A pickup truck, also traveling north, tried to avoid the accident but lost control of the vehicle hitting the back of the SUV before coming to a stop.

The driver of the SUV, identified as 33-year-old Christopher Grady Frey by the Allen Coroner, was pronounced dead by medics at the scene. He was not wearing his seatbelt.  The driver of the pickup truck wasn’t injured.

Frey is the fifth traffic fatality for Fort Wayne and Allen County in 20113.

Police have located the bus involved in the crash.  They interviewed the driver and any other witnesses.

Police had the northbound lanes of I-69 between the 305, Illinois Road, and 309, Goshen Road, closed for about four hours Sunday morning.