Our hearts go out to them with hope that they can recover quickly,” MTA’s Chief Safety and Security Officer Patrick Warren said. We are certain this was a terrifying incident for those customers on the bus.
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We are conducting a full investigation and will implement lessons learned in order to prevent it from happening again. “When an incident like this occurs we take it very seriously. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has released a statement.
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“Currently we are making sure all the fuel and other hazardous materials within the vehicle is secured until the bus can be pulled onto the roadway,” FDNY Acting Battalion Chief Steven Moore said on Instagram. HIGHBRIDGE, the Bronx At least eight people were hurt when an MTA bus drove off a Bronx overpass after the driver lost control Thursday night, according to police.
Heavy tow trucks are on the scene preparing to remove the dangling bus, according to the police. Streets near the accident site are now closed and officials say traffic is delayed in the area. It is still unclear whether the accident was caused by operator error or a mechanical malfunction and no arrests have been made so far, the police added. There are nine civilian injuries reported at this time. MTA bus drives off Bronx overpass, hangs off edge several injured - YouTube Several people were hurt when an MTA bus lost control and drove off an overpass on University Avenue in. “The bus fell approximately 50 feet onto the access road,” FDNY Deputy Chief Paul Hopper said on New York City Fire Department’s Instagram account.įDNY units are on scene of a motor vehicle accident at University Ave and the Cross Bronx Expressway in the Bronx where a tandem bus has crashed through the barriers and is hanging off the overpass onto the roadway below. Those injured have been taken to nearby hospitals, the police said. The crash happened close to midnight Thursday on the westbound Cross Bronx Expressway and University Avenue, according to the NYPD. The tandem bus is now dangling over the roadway below, the NYPD said. At least seven people, including the bus driver, were injured after a bus crashed through a overpass barrier in New York City’s Bronx area, according to the New York Police Department. Crash leaves bus hanging 15 metres off Bronx overpass with eight injured people aboard Montreal Gazette The eight victims were taken to local hospitals, including the driver of the.
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