Man Seriously Injured After Head-On Crash With School Bus In Kenosha

SALEM LAKES, WI — A driver remains seriously injured after his Ford Focus crashed into a school bus Tuesday morning on Wilmot Road in Kenosha, but nobody on board the bus was hurt, according to a news release from the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department.

Sheriff's deputies were called out to the 27200 block of Wilmot Road in Salem Lakes just before noon, and authorities said substance abuse may be a factor in the crash. A Ford Focus was driving west on Wilmot Road when it crossed the centerline and hit a school bus traveling in the other direction head-on, the sheriff's office said.

The bus driver and the four children on board were not injured in the crash. The driver of the Ford Focus, identified as 30-year-old Mark Ney of Pell Lake, was severely injured, the sheriff's office said.

Authorities airlifted Ney to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee where he remains in critical condition as of Wednesday morning, according to the sheriff's office.

Sheriff's deputies cited Ney with OWI-third offense, operating left of center, and operating a motor vehicle without insurance, the Kenosha sheriff's news release said.

The sedan was heavily damaged in the crash and towed from the scene.

Authorities asked anyone with information on the crash to call them at 262-605-5100.