Thursday, May 21, 2015

BLIND DRIVER? SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE HURT THURSDAY MORNING WHEN A CAR REAR-ENDED A STOPPED RIPTA BUS IN PROVIDENCE, RI




MAY 21, 2015

PROVIDENCE, RI

Several people were hurt Thursday morning when a car rear-ended a RIPTA bus in Providence.

It was the second accident involving a RIPTA bus in two days.

A car rear-ended the RIPTA bus while it was stopped at a red light at Dave Gavitt Way and Washington Street at about 11 a.m. Several passengers were rushed to a hospital with neck and back injuries.

Witness said the bus was stopped at traffic light, waiting to make a right turn when it was hit.

"I was at the red light, waiting for the red light, and then I just hear a noise and the guy hit the back of the (bus)," said Lamand Monchery, the RIPTA bus driver.

"I saw this bus just making a turn. That car over here came too close to the bus and he hit the bus. That car hit the bus," said John St. George, who witnessed the crash.

A woman was critically injured Wednesday afternoon when she became trapped under a RIPTA bus on Broad Street. Bobbie Moore of Coventry is being treated at Rhode Island Hospital. Her condition was unavailable Thursday.

A 9-year-old Providence girl on her way to school was struck and killed by a RIPTA bus in March. The bus driver was found not to be at fault.