Nine injured as bus left dangling from highway
A number of people have been injured after a bus crashed through barriers and was left hanging off an overpass in New York.
The Fire Department of New York said the bus, run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, came off the road at University Avenue and the Cross Bronx Expressway in the Bronx on Thursday about 11:10pm local time.
“There are nine civilian injuries reported at this time,” the fire department said.
Photos from the scene show the tandem bus dangling off the overpass, resting on the road below.
Video from University Ave and the Cross Bronx Expressway where FDNY members continue to operate on scene for a tandem bus that crashed through a barrier onto a lower roadway. pic.twitter.com/Q0Y0vW7WmT
— FDNY (@FDNY) January 15, 2021
The accordion-like section of the bus can be seen ripped open.
It’s not known at this stage what caused the crash.
Bronx *All Hands* Box 2799. Washington Bridge. Bn-17 has a city tandem bus hanging off a bridge pic.twitter.com/QWOZqgONez
— NYCFireWire (@NYCFireWire) January 15, 2021
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