A Kennesaw man died after the sedan he was driving struck the back of a MARTA bus in southwest Atlanta on Monday night, authorities said.

The crash happened at the intersection of Campbellton Road and Honeysuckle Lane, according to Atlanta police spokeswoman Sgt. TaSheena Brown. The heavily trafficked road is near Adams Park and Fort McPherson.

Officers were called to the scene at 5:15 p.m. and found that the car had run into the bus while it was stationary at a bus stop, police said. The sedan’s driver was seriously injured and taken to the hospital, but he did not survive. He was identified as Joshua Todd Hays, 44, by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Multiple passengers on the bus were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said, though they did not provide an exact number.

The crash remains under investigation, according to police. No further information has been released.

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