St. Charles Man Lucky to Be Alive After Megabus Rollover Crash

A St. Charles man is lucky to be alive after he was jarred from his nap aboard the Megabus, which rolled over on Interstate 65 in Indiana Tuesday morning. Craig Steichen was asleep on the floor when the driver, attempting to avoid a single-car accident on the highway, lost control and flipped the bus. Fifty-six passengers were on the Megabus.

“I rolled around for what seemed like forever, but it had to have been about four times,” Steichen, 57, told the Chicago Tribune. “It was kind of a rollercoaster on a bus.”

The crash took place about 4:30 a.m. near Greenwood, IN, and 32 people were injured, according to authorities. Six were seriously hurt. The injured were taken to four hospitals. Steichen escaped with mere rug burns, he said.

The bus was bound from Atlanta to Chicago. Steichen told the Tribune he runs a non-profit that takes wounded military veterans to NFL games and he was on his way home from the game in Tampa Bay.

» WATCH: Passenger video inside the Megabus, via the Chicago Tribune