In the New York district of Manhattan, two buses, including one full of tourists, collided Thursday evening, causing more than 80 injuries, including 18 hospitalized, without their vital prognosis being engaged, according to firefighters.
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.
FDNY units are currently operating at a bus collision on East 23rd Street and 1st Avenue in Manhattan. Currently there are approximately 40 injuries to civilians. pic.twitter.com/oFDKqwzk6w
“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 there was no life-threatening.
In addition, 63 other passengers from the 2 vehicles were taken care of by medical personnel at the scene, said Paul Hopper. “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.
Firefighters had to use ropes and ladders to extract passengers from the double-decker bus after one of its doors was damaged, according to Kevin Murphy, who declined to comment on the cause of the crash. The nationality of the injured was not immediately known.
