Six people were taken to hospital after two buses collided in South London, with the impact forcing one into the front of a theatre. The bus at the front appears to have then been pushed into the entrance of Southwark Playhouse in Borough upon impact. Police said none of the injuries was deemed to be life-changing or life-threatening. "We treated a number of patients at the scene and took six of them to hospital," a spokesperson for the ambulance service said.
Police said the incident happened around 9 a.m. on Sanford Avenue near Bowne Street in Flushing when one bus rear-ended another bus as they approached the intersection. One bus driver and 16 passengers were taken to local hospitals with minor injuries, according to the NYPD. Authorities said the crash did not appear to be connected to any criminal behavior, though investigators were still looking into the cause.
A crash in Brooklyn caused several injuries after a bus collided with a car, according to multiple reports. The crash took place around 3:20 a.m. on Sunday morning in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn, according to amNY. A B47 bus traveling on Ralph Avenue collided with an SUV near the intersection of Glenwood Road, amNY reports. The two occupants in the SUV, a 35-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman, were transported to a nearby hospital in stable condition, according to a report from PIX11 News.
