Nearly 80 people were injured when a double-decker tour bus collided with a city bus in Manhattan on Thursday night, officials said.
About 80 people were injured to varying degrees when two buses collided near 23rd and 1st Avenues around 7 p.m., New York City Fire Department officials said, according to CBS News. reported. report. A total of 27 people, including the tour bus driver, were hospitalized, and another 50 were treated for injuries at the scene, the newspaper said. (Related: School bus crashes head-on into dump truck, 15 children sent to hospital)
Dozens were injured when a double-decker bus collided with an MTA bus in Manhattan on Thursday. Fortunately, none of those injuries are life-threatening. @Dabrennan TV report. https://t.co/JmuvZDKkjc
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FDNY Deputy Chief Kevin Murphy said, “Any time two buses are involved, there will be a significant number of patients needing treatment,” according to CNN. “So seeing so many people so quickly, I think the unit did a very good job getting them off the bus quickly and getting them to the right resources.”
The cause of the crash is still under official investigation, but MTA Transit president Richard Davey said the crash was caused by a double-decker tour bus running a red light and causing a city bus to “T-bone” while traveling on the road. Said it was the cause. intersection.
“If you hit it twice, I think it went really fast,” said Davey. Said ABC7 new york
“The impact was almost like an earthquake,” city bus passenger Ishraq Jahan told CBS News. “The whole bus was shaking. I heard the woman next to me screaming, so I looked up and saw the bus speeding towards us… For a split second, I saw glass everywhere.It was honestly like being in a movie.And it took me a few seconds to come back to reality when everyone started screaming.I saw blood.”
Passengers’ injuries appear to be non-life-threatening, but many suffered fractures, cuts and bruises.
FDNY Deputy Commissioner Paul Hopper said, “We’re lucky it didn’t turn out to be that bad.”
