14 die in New York tour bus accident
March 13th, 2011 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANINew York, Mar.13 (ANI): Atleast 14 people were killed as a tour bus overturned on the highway, in the Bronx, New York.
The bus had just reached the outskirts of New York City from the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut when the crash happened. The driver told police he lost control trying to avoid a swerving tractor-trailer, CBS News reports.
The crash happened at around 5:35 am., with some of the passengers still asleep. It scraped along the guard rail for 300 feet, rolled onto its side and crashed into the support pole for a highway sign indicating the exit for the Hutchinson Parkway.
The pole knifed through the bus all the way from the front to the back, along the window line, peeling the roof off. Most people aboard were hurled to the front of the bus on impact, fire chief Edward Kilduff said.
The bus driver has been identified as Ophadel Williams, 40, of Brooklyn, New York. He
was taken to a nearby hospital along with the other injured passengers in the bus.
NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said police were still looking for the truck, which did not stop after the crash. He said the truck was in a lane on the left side of the bus and that it was unclear whether the two vehicles touched.
Kelly said both the bus and the truck were moving at “a significant rate of speed.” (ANI)
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