Brooklyn, New York witnessed a devastating accident on the 19th of September, which claimed more than 3 dozen lives. The Metropolitan Authority bus hit a car at approximately 4:40 am at Albany Avenue and Herkimer Street in the Bedford/Stuyvesant part of the district.

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The FDNY has been reported to have said that overall, 41 of the passengers were injured, both of those seated in the bus as well as in the car. The injured were immediately taken to nearby hospitals.

Of the passengers from the bus, approximately 12 were injured while the rest of the 29 suffered from minor injuries, according to authorities. However, thankfully none of these injuries were fatal, thus instilling hope that the injured passengers can recover soon enough.

Many passersby claim that the car was rushing through at a high speed before the impact occurred. Furthermore, a witness recalled that the car was fleeing authorities and even ran through a stop sign. It is then that the car collided with the bus.

The driver of the car was in possession of a gun and started fleeing the scene with the gun when the police drew attention towards the weapon. The car as a result of the crash was completely demolished, and its driver received serious injuries.

Another witness claims that the accident knocked in an entire part of the Camaro. Additionally, the rescue team is reported to have used the ‘jaws of life’ to take the victims out of the debris, such was the devastation created consequent to the car’s collision with the MTA bus.

FDNY Battalion Chief, Mike Breslin claimed that the roof of the car was cut open in order to remove the 2 people in it who had received considerable injuries because of the crash.

The accident is yet to undergo investigation; however under circumstances where the car driver was driving recklessly in order to escape the police, it is likely that the driver will be found to be blame-worthy, considering the catastrophe incurred as a result of the collision.

In order for such accidents to be prevented from occurring in the future, it is imperative that the required authorities step in and improve the high traffic and high rate of breaking the law when it comes to driving in New York. Though no lives have been taken in this accident, some of its victims have been seriously injured, which ought to stand as a deterrent for any further collision taking place in the future at the expense of the driver’s negligence.

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