HIS DARKEST HOUR.
YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THAT.
>>>UT FIRST WE START WITH
BREAKING NEWS.
AN MTA BUS CRASHED INTO A
BUILDING.
HOMES NOW TEETERING ON THE EDGE
OF COLLAPSE.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOIN
BEING US TONIGHT AT 7:00.
I’M NATALIE PASQUARELLA.
LET’S GET RIGHT TO THE BREAKING
NEWS IN BROOKLYN.
A FRIGHTENING RIDE FOR
PASSENGERS ON THIS MTA BUS.
IT SLAMMED RIGHT INTO THAT
BROWNSTONE IN PROSPECT LEFFERTS
GARDENS.
MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE HURT. THE BUILDING’S WALLS BUCKLED.
HOMES HAD TO BE EVACUATED.
NEWS4’s RAY HAVE IVILLEDA IS LIV
US.
>> Reporter: 13 PEOPLE WERE
HOSPITALIZED.
PASSENGERS ON THE BUS, LUCKILY
NONE OF THEM HAVE SERIOUS
INJURIES.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE BUS.
YOU CAN SEE IT IS LODGED INTO
THAT BROWN STONE.
IT IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE ANY
TIME SOON FROM WHAT WE’VE HEARD
FROM THE MTA.
CHANCES ARE IT WILL BE HERE
TOMORROW MORNING AS THE
DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS TRIES TO
FIGURE OUT THE STRUCTURAL
INTEGRITY OF THIS BUILDING, 174
LINCOLN ROAD AT THE CORNER OF
BEDFORD.
THIS HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 2:00
THIS AFTERNOON.
THE B 49 BUS WAS TRAVELING
SOUTHBOUND ON BEDFORD AVENUE
WHEN IT SOMEHOW ENDED UP
SLAMMING INTO THE BROWNSTONE.
13 PEOPLE ON BOARD THE BUS WERE
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
THERE WERE TWO TENANTS INSIDE ON
THE THIRD FLOOR LUCKILY NOT
HURT.
GET THIS.
A WOMAN HAD JUST PARKED HER
TRUCK WHEN THE BUS SLAMMED IT ON
ITS WAY INTO THE SIDE OF THE
BROWNSTONE.
ONE OF THE TENANTS HOME
DESCRIBED THE MOMENT.
>> THIS IS A BUSY CORNER.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING,
LIKE TONS OF DOGS, KIDS ON
SCOOTERS.
USUALLY VERY BUSY.
THE WOMAN THAT WAS IN THAT
TRUCK, IT WAS PARKED.
SO IT MOVED 90 DEGREES.
SO AT IMPACT IN THAT TREE, IT
WAS LIKE THIS AND IT SLAMMED
INTO THE TREE BECAUSE THE BUS
PUSHED IT.
AND SHE WAS JUST GETTING OUT OF
THE TRUCK.
SO SHE’S OKAY, SHE GOT LIKE A
SCRAPE, I THINK.
>> Reporter: PRETTY INCREDIE
TOHINK ABOUT.
SHE’S OKAY.
THERE’S THE PICKUP TRUCK THAT
PERSON WAS TALKING ABOUT.
YOU CAN SEE IT IS NOW 90-DEGREE
ANGLE AFTER BEING PARKED
PARALLEL RIGHT NEXT TO THE BUS
AT THIS HOUR.
AS FAR AS THE DRIVER, WE’RE TOLD
HE’S 55 YEARS OLD, 13 YEARS ON
THE JOB.
DOES NOT HAVE ANY SERIOUS
INJURIES AS WELL.
HOW THIS HAPPENED?
STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.