New York: Bus breaks through railing on overpass and crashes
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It is every passenger’s nightmare: In the US metropolis of New York, a bus went off the road on an overpass and crashed through a barrier. The front part of the articulated bus fell and crashed into the street below, the rear part of the bus stopped at the top.
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The front of the bus crashes onto the lower street
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The New York Post reported that the bus driver lost control while driving an overpass in the Bronx. He actually wanted to turn left, but the next moment the bus broke through the railing and fell. A witness reported a loud bang to the newspaper. Then he would have heard the victims trapped in the bus scream for help.
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The front of the bus landed on the front with the windshield down on the asphalt. The passengers who had sat down in the back of the bus got away with the horror. The joint of the bus pulled apart dangerously, but the back of the bus stopped at the top of the road and did not fall with it.
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New York Fire Department frees injured people from the bus
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According to the New York Fire Department, the rescue workers began to secure the part of the bus that was on the edge. Then the injured were rescued and the fuel was pumped out so that the wreckage could be safely pulled back up.
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According to operations manager Paul Hopper, eight people were injured in the accident. “The bus fell about 15 meters into the street below. The patients suffered injuries that are to be expected from a fall from such a height,” he said, according to a Facebook post of the fire department. One victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries, the other seven sustained minor, non-life-threatening injuries, wrote the “New York Post”.
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