Bus Accidents Archives

3 People Injured In a New York City Tour Bus Accident

Three people were injured on November 29th in Manhattan when a charter bus driver sparked a three-vehicle accident involving an NYPD squad car outside the Richard Rodgers Theater. The double-decker bus struck a box truck belonging to Pat La Frieda Meat Purveyors outside the W. 46th Street theater near Eight Avenue at about 8:50 a.m. The delivery truck, in turn, rear-ended a police cruiser parked in front of it. Three people were transported to the hospital. One of the bus accident victims suffered serious injury. The two others suffered minor injury. The bus belongs to City Sights Bus, a...

Delivery Man Catastrophically Injured In MTA Bus Accident

Buses provide great public transportation. However, they also cause a number of serious accidents each year. Case in point is yet another accident in New York City involving a bus accident on September 11th near Citi Field in Queens that left a deliveryman critically injured. The 31-year-old man was carrying an order of Indian food as he rode his moped west on Roosevelt Avenue, at Shea Road around 4:30 p.m. when an MTA bus made a right turn onto Roosevelt and hit him. The bus dragged the victim under the undercarriage of the bus. He was taken to Elmhurst...

New Jersey Bus Collision in Lincoln Tunnel Injures 46 People

Two New Jersey transit buses collided in the Lincoln Tunnel at around 8:40 a.m. on Monday, September 26th, injuring a total of 46 passengers on board and causing extensive delays during the morning commute. The Tunnel Injures were treated at the scene or transported to area hospitals. Emergency workers had to cut the door out of one of the buses to remove passengers. The vehicles were headed into Manhattan at the time of the collision. One of the bus drivers was issued a summons for an unsafe lane change. Common Causes of Bus Accidents Negligently operated buses present a...