Windermere woman dies in crash with Disney bus

LAKE BUENA VISTA — Amelia Davis, 29, of Windermere, had stopped at a traffic light around 1:05 a.m. Dec. 15 on Western Way, at its intersection with Buena Vista Drive.

She decided to risk a left turn onto Buena Vista Drive while the light was still red, according to a Florida Highway Patrol release.

That risk cost her her life after a Walt Disney World bus carrying around 20 passengers smashed into the left side of her 2001 Honda CRV, sending it spinning counterclockwise until it struck a third vehicle, in the lane left of the bus.

The bus driver, Fard Karim, of Orlando, and Jeremy Mercado, the driver of the third vehicle, were traveling south on Buena Vista Drive in the two straight lanes. Nobody in either of those vehicles was injured.

Davis was wearing her seatbelt, and her vehicle was otherwise unoccupied. Emergency personnel transported her to Celebration Hospital, but she was pronounced dead.

The Florida Highway Patrol is still investigating this crash, including toxicology reports on Davis.

Contact Zak Kerr at [email protected].