By News staff
Providence Journal photo / Tim Murphy
A RIPTA bus shows damage after colliding with a car near the West Kingston train station Sunday.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- A collision involving a car and a RIPTA bus on the Route 138 overpass by the West Kingston train station late Sunday morning injured the female driver of an SUV and led to the closing of the road between Route 110 and Fairgrounds Road for more than two hours.A representative of the Rhode Island Transit Authority at the scene said that the Route 66 bus driver, who was not immediately identified, was sent to South County Hospital and later released. None of the six passengers on the bus were injured, he said.
After the crash, the bus came to rest a distance from the crash site.
Police did not immediately have further information. "It's under investigation," a spokesman said.