Photos Provided The Red Hyundai Elantra involved in Friday’s two-vehicle crash in Mingo Junction suffered heavy front-end damage.

MINGO JUNCTION — Three individuals were hospitalized as a result of a two-vehicle collision that involved a Steel Valley Regional Transit Authority bus, Friday.

The bus driver, a bus passenger and the driver of another vehicle were each admitted to Weirton Medical Center following the collision, which took place on McLister Avenue in Mingo Junction. Their conditions were not available Monday, but SVRTA transit manager Tim Turner said the driver, Christine McAbee of Follansbee, “said she feels fine today.”

The other vehicle’s driver, Bridget Chase of Bloomingdale, was cited for overtaking/passing left of center on Friday and will have her initial hearing in Jefferson County Court District 2 in Wintersville at 3 p.m. on Jan. 13. Reports from the Mingo Junction Police Department state that Chase experienced “multiple injuries” from the incident, including to the head.

The hospitalized passenger, Treymont Dawson of Steubenville, was one of two individuals riding the bus when the collision occurred. Dawson told police that he initially thought he was uninjured but went to the hospital after experiencing some pain shortly after the incident.

Reports state that, around 4:53 p.m., officers responded to the 600 block of McLister Avenue for a two-car motor vehicle accident with unknown injuries.

Police observed the street to be blocked off, with the SVRTA bus sitting close to the guard rail with “part of the bottom … ripped off” and a Red Hyundai Elantra sitting horizontally in the opposite lane. The Elantra had “major front end damage,” a missing front fender and a piece of the bus’ fiberglass siding lodged in its windshield.

McAbee, who was “very shaken up by the incident,” told police she was driving downhill on McLister when she observed the Elantra, which was driving uphill, pass left of the center line and into her lane.

The Elantra allegedly continued to travel into her lane, McAbee said, and she realized she was going to be struck. She reportedly swerved toward the guardrail to avoid the collision, trying not to make contact with it, but was struck by the Elantra.

Police postponed their interview with Chase whose memory “may (have been) clouded” due to the head injury. Later, at the hospital, Chase denied passing left of center and claimed she was going uphill on McLister. She reportedly went around a blind turn when the bus appeared, causing the crash.

A witness who was driving downhill behind the bus when the incident occurred said she observed the Elantra “get fully in the left lane” before both vehicles swerved and crashed into each other. She also reportedly swerved to avoid hitting the bus.

Footage from a camera on the SVRTA bus was obtained by police for use in the case.

Damage to the bus — which was on an outbound trip to Mingo Junction — is “pretty extensive” but mostly cosmetic, Turner said, adding that the vehicle will soon be inspected for any mechanical damage. As the damaged bus is repaired, SVRTA will utilize a smaller spare bus.

“We’ll obviously get this taken care of as soon as the insurance company reviews it, and we plan on getting it fixed, getting it on the road.”

Turner said he’s glad that the collision didn’t turn out worse for the individuals involved.

“Our driver’s saying she’s OK, but we want everybody to be healthy in the end. We obviously don’t want any injuries.”