GREEN BAY — A tour bus with 54 passengers drove off an embankment and crashed just off of I-43 in Green Bay, Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) Wisconsin announced on Sunday afternoon.
Watch: 33 people were injured after a tour bus headed to a casino in Michigan's Upper Peninsula crashed in Green Bay on Sunday afternoon.
Updated information provided Tuesday by Green Bay police confirmed 41 people were injured with two of those injuries considered critical.
Those who were injured were taken to area hospitals for treatment.
One passenger told WGBA, our Green Bay-based Scripps station, that the bus was headed to Island Resort & Casino in Harris, Mich. in the Upper Peninsula.
The Green Bay Police Department says first responders were dispatched to the crash just before 2:45 p.m.
Watch: A look at the scene of the bus crash.
The crash happened near the northbound I-43 exit near Webster Avenue.
“When I walked out there was like 50 squad cars, firefighters, and EMS. I didn’t know what was going on,” Mike Norton, who works nearby, said.
Watch: First responders en route to the scene of the bus crash.
A 2nd Alarm Level was raised to a 3rd Alarm at around 3:25 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
All nearby hospitals were notified as first responders across the area transported those with injuries.
"This is part of the reason us first responders get together to train on multiple occasions," Battalion Chief Chad Bronkhorst of the Green Bay Metro Fire Department said.
"When we got on scene, all of the training kicked in and it really, really paid off."
Anyone not injured was taken to a reunification site at the Salvation Army Kroc Community Center, 1315 Lime Kiln Road, Green Bay.
Individuals seeking to contact someone who was on the bus should call 211.
Watch: An ambulance arrives to the scene of the bus crash.
TMJ4 called the company whose name was on the side of the bus, Lucky Charters and Tours LLC. The company wouldn’t confirm any involvement and hung up.
“Actually, there’s video of the accident from a vehicle following, so what happened is not in question, it’s why it happened. We don’t have that answer right now," Captain Clint Beguhn with the Green Bay Police Department said.
The GBPD will determine whether to refer charges against the bus driver.
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