Dozens injured after school bus overturns in Bronx

Dozens of individuals had been injured when a college bus overturned on a Bronx parkway early Thursday, authorities mentioned.

The bus was heading north on the Hutchinson River Parkway simply earlier than 6 a.m. when the driving force tried to show from the center lane and get off at Exit 1a — Bruckner Boulevard West — inflicting it to overturn, cops mentioned. 

No children had been on board, however 40 folks, together with the bus driver, suffered minor accidents, the NYPD mentioned Thursday afternoon.

Hanging pictures present the yellow bus on its facet with injured passengers scattered on the bottom subsequent to the car.

Mayor Eric Adams mentioned the bus was carrying bus drivers and attendants for town’s summer time faculty and camp program for 110,000 school-aged children, Summer time Rising.

The bus was heading north on the Hutchinson River Parkway simply earlier than 6 a.m. when the driving force tried to get off at Bruckner Boulevard West, inflicting it to overturn, cops mentioned.

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“The security of each member of our group is our prime precedence and fortunately, presently, no main accidents have been sustained on board,” Hizzoner mentioned. “Moreover, no college students had been on the bus.”

Faculties Chancellor David Banks mentioned that morning and afternoon bus routes for the summer time program could also be impacted.

“The security of each member of our group is our precedence, and fortunately no main accidents had been sustained on this morning’s bus accident within the Bronx,” Banks mentioned. “The incident concerned staff of one of many DOE’s contracted busing suppliers — no college students had been on the bus.”

No kids had been on board on the time however 40 adults had been harm, cops mentioned.

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The bus firm, Consolidated Bus Transit Inc., lined half of the 34 routes impacted by the accident, ABC7 reported, and anticipated to double up on the opposite greater than a dozen routes.

However faculty transportation advocates informed The Put up the fallout might have impacted 1000's of households and staffers.

“Not solely did the accident have an effect on these routes, but it surely additionally affected all of visitors,” mentioned Paullette Healy, who sits on the Citywide Council on Particular Schooling. “Kids who had been already on path to their summer time places skilled lengthy journey occasions — we’re speaking about kids who left their home at 6:30, and didn’t arrive at college till 9:30.”

All adults suffered minor accidents.

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Healy mentioned there have been quite a few studies from households and faculty directors, whose college students fell unwell on the recent faculty bus and wanted to be picked up. One Bronx assistant principal went to the scene of the accident, Healy mentioned, when 30 of the youngsters the college had anticipated nonetheless hadn’t proven up on the web site.

The advocates had been in contact with the Workplace of Pupil Transportation on the Division of Schooling — which contracts with the third-party bus firm — about emergency vouchers and different transportation choices, if the injured staffers are unable to return to work.

“Legally it’s as much as the seller to complement these shortages in staffing,” mentioned Healy. “In actuality, we've got 36 folks in a hospital proper now. To do what’s proper and what’s anticipated are two completely various things.”