US: More than 75 people injured after two buses collide in New York

US: More than 75 people injured after two buses collide in New York

New York : As many as 77 people were injured after a collision between a double-decker tour bus and a city bus on New York City Street on Thursday evening (local time). Twenty-seven people were taken to the hospital while 50 others were treated at the spot, New York Post reported citing authorities.

The sight-seeing tour bus crashed into the back of an MTA express bus on East 23rd Street and First Avenue in Manhattan at about 7:15 pm (local time) on Thursday, New York Post reported citing New York Fire Department, officials.

 According to MTA official, the sightseeing tour bus blew a red light and crashed into the X27 bus which was carrying about 20 New Yorkers onboard.

According to the authorities, none of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries. Both buses were packed at the time of the incident, resulting in a high number of passengers being examined, the report said.

New York Fire Department Deputy Chief Kevin Murphy said, “Anytime you have two buses involved, you have a significant number of patients that likely need to be treated — so seeing that quantity of people right away, I think the units did a very good job of getting them off the bus quickly and taking them to the appropriate resources.”

Murphy said that the bus which had two level complicated the rescue efforts as firefighters had to break open windows and use ladders and ropes to bring passengers down from the top level of the double-decker bus.