3 people dead and at least 14 are injured after a Greyhound bus crashes in Illinois

A Greyhound bus is pictured after it crashed into three commercial vehicles parked on a highway exit ramp in Highland, Ill., early Wednesday morning. The collision killed three people and injured at least 14 others. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Three people were killed and at least 14 others were injured after a Greyhound bus in Illinois crashed into three other vehicles, state police said.

Just before 2 a.m. local time Wednesday, the bus was traveling west on Interstate 70 near Highland, Ill., just east of St. Louis, and struck three commercial vehicles parked on an exit ramp to a rest area, Illinois State Police said.