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NICE bus (N6) accident @ 165 St/Hillside Av; 1 dead, pics |
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Posted by GOlD_12tH on Fri Jan 30 11:57:44 2015    Unrepainted Orion VII 1764 N6 bus to Hempstead. A Nassau County bus crushed a woman to death in Queens on Thursday night, despite horrified passengers hollering for the driver to stop, witnesses said. “Everyone (on the bus) was screaming ‘Stop, stop, stop!’ and he didn't stop until after the fact,” said Dwayne Gray, 44, a passenger on the N6 Nassau Inter-County Express Bus. The bus was turning right onto Hillside Ave. from 165th St. in Jamaica, but the driver apparently didn’t see the woman in the crosswalk in front of him, witnesses said. He also didn’t hear the woman’s blood-curdling cry as he hit her, continuing to drive after the 9:30 p.m. collision, witnesses said. “I see the bus hit the lady and then the bus went 15 feet more,” said Jose Valleo, a chauffeur who was in his car at the stop light on Hillside Ave. and saw the accident from across the street. Witnesses said the bus driver had a green light, but did not yield to the woman, who had the signal to walk. “I don’t understand how he couldn’t see her, that’s unbelievable. He didn’t even realize he hit somebody until afterwards,” a shaken Gray said. “I heard her scream.” The unidentified woman let out a heart-wrenching wail, screaming “Oh, my God,” as she was rolled over by the front of the bus and narrowly missed by the front tires, witnesses said. “She got lucky the first time and went between the front wheels, but when the bus was turning, the back wheels hit her,” said a 15-year-old witness who only gave his first name, Tanvir. Emergency responders said the woman was dead at the scene, police sources said. The driver remained at the crash scene. He was not immediately charged or ticketed, according to cops. Long Island-based Nassau Inter-County buses connect commuters to transportation hubs at Jamaica Center and Far Rockaway in Queens. In 2012, a woman was fatally struck by a NICE bus on the N6 route as she crossed the street with her daughter at Merrick Blvd. and Hillside Ave. She also died at the scene. That same year, a NICE bus in Hempstead swerved to avoid a pedestrian and instead crashed into a house, killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring his 7-year-old brother. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/bus-crushes-woman-death-queens-witnesses-article-1.2097369 Note: The bus also hit a vehicle, causing damage to the car, from a FDNY offical. --- NBC4 Very sad story. |
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