FEBRUARY 16, 2015
PIKESVILLE, MARYLAND. (WJZ)
More than a dozen people hospitalized, one in serious condition, after a senior
mobility bus and SUV crash into each other at a dangerous intersection in Pikesville, MD.
One of the patients in the overturned bus is now in serious
condition, everyone else expected to recover shortly.
A terrifying moment for passengers as their bus flips over
at Woodvalley Drive and Stevenson Road.
“I just heard this boom boom boom, and I ran to the window
to see what had happened,” Lyn Schapiro said.
A white SUV and senior mobility bus crashing into each
other, a sight that is not uncommon for people who live in the area.
“In the last couple of months, we’ve had several accidents
at this intersection, with people running the stop signs, so I kind of knew
what it was with the sound,” said Schapiro.
Many of the passengers on board the mobility bus were in
wheelchairs at the time of the accident. When crews got to the scene, it took
them about ten minutes to remove everyone including the driver.
On board this bus were seniors and patients with
disabilities; the SUV was carrying two people. A total of 17 people were
involved, they were all rushed to the hospital.
“This was the worst with something on the side, but we’ve
seen them where it’s been two and three vehicles that have ended up hitting
each other, and cars totaled and things like that,” Schapiro said.
“Something needs to be done,” Lyn Shapiro says.
The bus was carrying 14 passengers plus the driver.
The intersection was closed for several hours as crews cleaned up the accident.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.