NEW YORK – A Yonkers police officer was killed in a crash involving multiple cars and a Bee-Line bus, according to police.
The bus appeared to collide with at least two other cars as it was on an overpass along Tuckahoe Road above Sprain Brook Parkway around 3:30 pm Thursday, police said. The sergeant was driving an unmarked department vehicle while on duty when a BMW heading in the opposite direction apparently lost control and ran into oncoming traffic.
The sedan crashed into the sergeant’s car and into a Westchester County Bee-Line bus, according to police. The 24-year Yonkers Police Department veteran was rushed to Jacobi Hospital, where he died. He was the only person in the car that he was driving.
The driver of the BMW was also taken to hospital and was said to be in critical condition, police said. About 30 people were aboard the bus at the time of the crash, many of whom were being treated for minor injuries. The bus driver sustained injuries not considered life threatening.
The sergeant has not yet been identified. A law enforcement source familiar with the incident said the officer, who hailed from the town of Carmel in Putnam County, was a traffic sergeant.
It was not immediately clear what caused the BMW driver to lose control of the vehicle. An investigation is underway.
Tuckahoe Road was closed in both directions between Grassy Sprain Road and East Grassy Sprain Road in the Sprain Brook Parkway overpass area.
