The crash happened around 7 p.m. (2300 GMT) on First Avenue near Gramercy Park, New York Fire Deputy Chief Kevin Murphy said. Footage posted by firefighters on Twitter shows an open-top, double-decker tourist bus crashing into the back of another city-operated bus.
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“Both buses appeared to be full,” said Paul Hopper, an assistant chief of the fire department’s emergency medical service. “We transported 18 patients” to the hospital, he said, adding that no vital prognosis was involved.
In addition, 63 other passengers from the two vehicles were attended to by medical personnel at the scene, Hopper said. “A lot of injuries are just cuts, bruises, scratches, a few suspected broken bones, a few head and neck injuries as well,” he further detailed.
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