MEC&F Expert Engineers : Several people were injured after an MTA bus driver lost control of the #6614 bus and crashed onto a residential building in in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NYC

Friday, September 21, 2018

Several people were injured after an MTA bus driver lost control of the #6614 bus and crashed onto a residential building in in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NYC









CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) --


The driver of MTA bus 6614 slammed it into a residential building in Brooklyn Friday morning, leaving six people injured.

It happened around 10:15 a.m. at Ralph and St. Mark's avenues in Crown Heights.

There were no customers on board the B45 bus at the time, and authorities say the driver was making a right turn when he lost control and smashed into the 460 Ralph Avenue building.

He suffered trauma and was rushed to Kings County Hospital.  Based on the magnitude of the damage to the bus and the building facade, he must have be speeding.

Five other people who were inside the building or in the vicinity suffered minor injures and were treated at the scene.

The cause of the crash is under investigation, and inspectors from the Department of Buildings also responded to check the integrity of the building.



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CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN -- 


An unoccupied MTA bus crashed into a Brooklyn building Friday morning, according to the FDNY.

Emergency responders rushed to the corner of Ralph and St. Marks avenues where the bus had slammed into a red brick building at about 10:15 a.m., said the FDNY.

The driver received minor injuries and the stability of the building at 460 Ralph Ave. remains under investigation, FDNY said.


MTA officials warned passengers at 11 a.m. to expect delays on the B15, B45 and B65 lines because of the crash.