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UPDATE: Brothers die in fatal accident with CATA bus

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Lansing police said a second person has now died who was involved in a car crash with a Capital Area Transportation Authority bus on Friday evening.

Forty-six year old Anthony Chavez of Lansing was the driver of the vehicle and Rene Limones, a 49-year-old from Lansing, was his passenger. They were brothers.

The crash happened around 7:25 p.m. on Waverly Road near Bridgeport Road.

Police say the men were traveling in a car when it rear-ended the bus.

One man died on scene and another later died at the hospital, police said.

Another SUV was involved, but that driver only had minor injuries.

The CATA bus had four people on it, including the driver, at the time of the accident. None of them were hurt.

The road was closed for several hours while police investigated.