User Posted March 15, 2014 Share #1 Posted March 15, 2014 Video: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=9949279 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A driver lost control of a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus Friday evening and slammed into more than a dozen parked cars. The accident happened just before 7:30 p.m. at Nassau Avenue and Sutton Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, authorities said. As TV 10/55′s Tracee Carrasco reported, about 20 cars were damaged across two entire blocks. Some cars were just side swiped or scratched while others were heavily damaged with broken windows, side-view mirrors taken off, and doors and bumpers mangled. The bus also smashed into a red truck with a driver behind the wheel. Witnesses told Carrasco the driver was taken away on a stretcher. The MTA said six people were injured in the accident, including the bus operator. All six were taken to Woodhull Medical Center. Their conditions are not yet known. It was not immediately confirmed what caused the bus driver to lose control, but witnesses told Carrasco that it appeared the driver had suffered some kind of medical emergency. The MTA said there were no passengers on the bus at the time. However, Carrasco spoke with a woman who said she was on the bus and was shaken up. “The bus driver started shaking, so everyone started saying ‘he’s having a stroke call 911′ so everyone started pulling out their phones to call. And we wanted to stop the bus but he was blocked, there’s a bar. So we just started holding onto bars and started hitting cars until we stopped.” Residents in the neighborhood said they heard the commotion and went outside to find that their cars had been damaged. “It sounded like a tractor-trailer falling over or something. So obviously I looked out the window and then I saw the bus and I saw damaged cars on that block,” one witness told Carrasco. Link: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/03/14/out-of-control-mta-bus-hits-over-a-dozen-parked-cars-in-brooklyn/ http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/MTA-Bus-Crash-Parked-Cars-Greenpoint-Brooklyn-Injuries-250416261.html Bus #9541. Hope the driver is alright from his medical emergency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted March 15, 2014 Share #2 Posted March 15, 2014 Twenty cars?! That must've been some force the bus had. Anyways, yeah, hope the driver and the people inside are okay. I wonder what the cause of the accident was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreeddekalbL Posted March 15, 2014 Share #3 Posted March 15, 2014 Twenty cars?! That must've been some force the bus had. Anyways, yeah, hope the driver and the people inside are okay. I wonder what the cause of the accident was... Driver had some kind of a medical emergency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted March 15, 2014 Share #4 Posted March 15, 2014 Driver had some kind of a medical emergency Oh, my mistake. I didn't read that part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted March 15, 2014 Share #5 Posted March 15, 2014 Damn that's crazy. I hope everyone is ok. Why did the MTA say there were no passengers if there was a bunch that took control of the wheel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted March 15, 2014 Share #6 Posted March 15, 2014 Nobody besides the driver was inside the bus at the time. I'm guessing the injured were people in the other cars. Nothing major though. There's that quote from the woman supposedly inside the bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacemak3r Posted March 15, 2014 Share #7 Posted March 15, 2014 Damn that's crazy. I hope everyone is ok. Why did the MTA say there were no passengers if there was a bunch that took control of the wheel? Where did you see that they took control? Because I read: And we wanted to stop the bus but he was blocked, there’s a bar. So we just started holding onto bars and started hitting cars until we stopped. 20 cars is a lot of cars to hit before coming to a stop, I wonder how fast that bus was going or if his medical emergency caused him to step on that gas pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XcelsiorBoii4888 Posted March 15, 2014 Share #8 Posted March 15, 2014 They said that they tried to stop the bus but the bar was blocking their way. So they started hitting cars until they stopped....doesn't that mean they couldn't reach the brake so they had to use impact to stop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E For Erica Posted March 15, 2014 Share #9 Posted March 15, 2014 This is really crazy. I hope everyone who got hurt is okay. Even the bus driver. And I hope all the damages can be covered. Guys be careful on the bus or subway these days. You never know what could happen This goes for any B/O's & T/O's on this too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemoreira81 Posted March 15, 2014 Share #10 Posted March 15, 2014 That's absolutely terrifying. Something similar happened on the M4 in 1997---an M4 driver suffered a heart attack behind the wheel and went on a 5-block demolition derby before crashing into a building at about 30 Street on 5 Avenue...killing one; the driver died 3 weeks later in the hospital. The bus was repaired and returned to service and ended up being retired in 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted March 15, 2014 Share #11 Posted March 15, 2014 People on SubChat said it was a heart attack... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w8Hou Posted March 15, 2014 Share #12 Posted March 15, 2014 The driver suffered a stroke, not a heart attack. All the injured are expected to live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T J Trainman Posted March 15, 2014 Share #13 Posted March 15, 2014 Damn I hope the driver recovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4 Via Merrick Rd Posted March 16, 2014 Share #14 Posted March 16, 2014 As long as they are all right that's all that matters. But that is insane. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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