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Posted by Gold_12TH on Tue Mar 6 10:54:54 2012, in response to 2 Bee Line buses crashes each other in Yonkers {more info}, posted by Gold_12TH on Mon Mar 5 11:20:19 2012. Fifteen Bee-Line passengers were taken to local hospitals after their bus was rear-ended Sunday afternoon by a second Bee-Line bus that was empty except for the driver, authorities said.Yonkers police Lt. Patrick McCormack said the 15 injuries were mostly complaints of back, neck and other pain, and did not appear to be serious. Three other passengers in the front bus and the drivers of both buses declined any medical help, McCormack said Monday. McCormack said no charges had been filed in the accident, which occurred at 2:30 p.m. on Tuckahoe Road, just west of Interstate 87. Jerry D’Amore, president of Liberty Lines Transit, which operates most of the Bee-Line system, said the second bus was being driven to White Plains to replace one that had had mechanical problems. Earlier reports said that the second bus was being taken for a test, but D’Amore said it had not needed work. “This is a very regular thing that happens many times a week, and normally uneventfully,” he said of the replacement run. In this case, the front bus paused to let off a passenger who had just missed his stop, when it was struck, D’Amore said. Carol Stola, who lives near where the buses crashed, said the accident jarred her while she was at home. “I was in my kitchen — my kitchen faces Tuckahoe Road — and I heard this loud boom!” she said. When she looked, the buses had crashed. The accident occurred across the street from the Royal Regency Hotel, near Mile Square Road. The bus, running Route 78, was bound for the Stew Leonard’s grocery store, authorities said. Stola said the driver of the first bus immediately made a phone call and emergency vehicles, including two firetrucks, showed up quickly. “I couldn’t believe how fast they got there,” Stola said. “It was like they were waiting around the corner.” ---http://www.lohud.com/article/20120306/NEWS02/303060060/15-hurt-crash-2-Bee-Line-buses |
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