CHICAGO — A woman who was among dozens of passengers injured when a bus slammed into a bridge pillar along a southern Illinois freeway is suing the bus company and the driver over the wreck.

Clifford Law Offices filed the lawsuit Monday in Cook County on behalf of 19-year-old Jamie Schultz. Defendants include Megabus USA, the leasing company and the driver.

Schultz was on the packed, double-decker Megabus on Interstate 55 on Aug. 2 near Litchfield when authorities believe a tire blew out, causing the St. Louis-bound bus to hit the concrete bridge support.