A New York City bus was left hanging suspended from an overpass after crashing off the Cross Bronx expressway, New York Emergency Management reported on Thursday night.
Seven people sustained minor injuries in the crash, a police spokesperson told NBC New York. The fire department confirmed there were several units on scene. All of the injured were bus passengers. They have since been transported to hospital.
New York council member Mark D Levine wrote on Twitter that emergency services had sealed off the area in response to the incident. The NYEM agency reported that a bus collision had occurred in the area of the Cross Bronx expressway and University Avenue and urged people to avoid the area.
Horrible accident on Washington Bridge (Which connects 181st in Manhattan to the Bronx. This is not the GWB.)
— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) January 15, 2021
Tandem bus dangling off edge. Emergency services have closed off the entire area. https://t.co/nOCK9VpNvL
Footage of the articulated bus posted on social media showed the bus split along the articulation joint, with the front of the bus balancing on the road below while the back of the bus remained on the overpass above. It was unclear how many people were on the bus, or how many were injured.
BREAKING: A city bus crashed on the Alexander Hamilton bridge in the Bronx and is hanging off the overpass. 12 people have been reported as Injured #Bronx #AlexanderHamiltonBridge pic.twitter.com/9hZGGjsPOG
— Adelle (@AdelleNaz) January 15, 2021
