CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — At least 14 people, including a bus driver, were injured this morning when two city buses collided in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn this morning.
Police say a B-44 bus was about to go through the intersection of Empire Boulevard and New York Avenue around 6:30 a.m. when it clipped another B-44 bus from behind. The first bus then veered across the intersection and knocked over a traffic light.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Three City Buses Involved In Accidents
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — At least 14 people, including a bus driver, were injured this morning when two city buses collided in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn this morning.
Police say a B-44 bus was about to go through the intersection of Empire Boulevard and New York Avenue around 6:30 a.m. when it clipped another B-44 bus from behind. The first bus then veered across the intersection and knocked over a traffic light.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Ten patients were taken to Kings County Hospital and four were taken to Brookdale Hospital. Five people are said to be in serious, but stable condition. The remaining passengers suffered just minor injuries.
The driver was pinned behind the wheel.
“The rescue units on the scene from fire rescue and police emergency services used a tool to get him out and other power tools to remove him,” said EMS Deputy Chief Howard Sickles.
EMS officials are not sure what caused the accident.
A few hours later, at around 10 a.m., a third bus – a B-43 – rear-ended a car, knocking it straight into the same intersection. The driver of the car was taken to Kings County Hospital as a precaution.
Workers are on the scene trying to restore the traffic light that was knocked down in the first accident.
anonymus
WOW
an annoyed driver
not surprising. Those bus drivers are crazy drivers and think they own the road!!!
?GHF
Wonder how long it took for the cops to show up?
kookie
omg! how is the driver????? the front looks horrific! and the passengers?!
watiing to happen
I hate to say this, but it was bound to happen. Have you ever been driving near a city bus., They do not care about the other drivers on the road. They always come into traffic without any consideration for the other drivers. Maybe now they will realize that they are not the KING of the road.
helllo mr bloomberg
it`s about time the city get tough with there drivers, they have such a attiude
they think ther the boss of the road, the city should take away the official plates from the buss, amnd send them back 4 training
some1
surprised that it was 2 busses involved in an accident, oy vayz mir!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mirel
i was going to school at that time and i saw most of the people getting sent to the hospital!!
London
All bus drivers the world over think they own the road!!! Do not think it is only in NY! I live in London, England and it is no better here!!!
omg
i think its freaky: same day same intersection and both with city buses!!!
Limited
Boy oh boy! The B44 certainly looks“limited”!!!!
never know
I think he was choking? Ben can you confirm?
ch
to ?ghf: it was right in front of the police station and i saw the whole thing the cops were there from A to Z! so thank you 71st precint
Anonymous
At the scene it was mentioned that the driver told accident investigators that he had choked on a hard candy and lost control of the bus.
Eye witness
I was a witness to the accident. After crossing the street I heard a crash and looked to my left to see a city bus clip the back of another city bus (there were three of them lined up on the block) on New York Ave. After clipping the other city bus, the bus continued on and crashed into the traffic light on the corner of the 71st precinct.
It looked pretty serious
Ellie
I continue to be amazed how so many autos and buses create unsafe conditions at this intersection despite all the NYPD cars and NYPD presence. If this corner is not safe, no corner can be safe.
missed Shacharis
where is the ‘Transit’er rov? i heard he was there
separate lanes for buses
London wrote:
All bus drivers the world over think they own the road!!! Do not think it is only in NY! I live in London, England and it is no better here!!!
In london you have separate lanes for buses
??
#1 no duh the police were there the whole time, it’s right outside, i think the person who was asking that was saying it in a sarcastic way
#2 the bus looks like it was bombed. scary.
welcome
WELCOME 2 NYC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ny is just crazy full of accidents all the time no one knows what theyre doing!!!!!