THERE FROM THE SCENE.
WE ALSO HAVE AN UPDATE TO
ANOTHER BREAKING STORY OUT OF
BROOKLYN.
NINE HOURS AFTER AN MTA BUS
SLAMMED INTO BROWN STONE, IT’S
STILL LODGED INSIDE THE BUILDING
AT THIS HOUR.
THE CRASH LEFT 16 PEOPLE HURT.
MORE THAN A DOZEN OF THEM TAKEN
TO LOCAL HOSPITALS.
NEWS 4 RAY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
REPORTERS ON SCENE AND STILL
THERE TONIGHT FOR US.
RAY, YOU’RE WORKING TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT WENT WRONG.
>> Reporter: NATALIE, THE
INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT WENT
WRONG MAY LAST DAYS.
THAT’S BECAUSE THE BUILDING HERE
YOU CAN SEE IS NOT STRUCTURALLY
SOUND.
THIS IS WHY.
THE BUS THAT SLAMMED INTO IT
STILL HERE, AND IN ORDER TO GET
IT OUT, IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF
WORK.
THE INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY TO
FIGURE OUT HOW THIS HAPPENED AND
WE KNOW 13 PEOPLE WERE
HOSPITALIZED AS A RESULT OF THIS
CRASH.
IN UNEXPECTED POWERFUL
FRIGHTENING DETOUR FOR THE B 49
BUS.
>> I WAS IN MY ROOM AND HEARD
SCREECHING SOUNDS LIKE THE SOUND
OF CARS CRASHING AND SCREECHING.
>> Reporter: THIS TENANT WANTS
TO BE IDENTIFIED AS ELAINEAELAIN
WHEN THEY LOOKED OUT THE NDOW,
THIS WAS THE SITE.
AN MTA BUS LODGED INTO THE SIDE
OF THE BROWN STONE.
MITCHELL HAPPENED TO BE DRIVING
UPON THE INTERSECTION WHEN IT
HAPPENED.
>> ME AND THIS OTHER GUY HELPED
GET THE PEOPLE OFF THE BUS.
>> Reporter: WALK ME THROUGH
THAT.
>> I GOT THAT SIDE OPEN.
HE WAS TRYING TO GET THE OTHER
SIDE OPEN AND WOULDN’T OPEN.
>> Reporter: THE WILD SCENE
UNFOLDED BEFORE 2:00 MONDAY
AFTERNOON.
THE MTA SAYS THE BUS WAS
TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON BEDFORD
AVENUE WHEN IT CRASHED INTO THE
BROWN STONE.
CREWS RUSHED 13 PASSENGERS TO
THE HOSPITAL.
NONE OF THEM SERIOUSLY HURT.
>> WE WENT THROUGH THE BUILDING
TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NOBODY
TRAPPED INSIDE UNDER THE DEBRIS
AND TOLD EVERYBODY THEY HAD TO
EVACUATE THE BUILDING.
THEY WERE TAKEN OUT OF THE
ENTRANCE.
>> Reporter: THE MTA SAYS THE
DRIVER IS A 55-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH
13 YEARS ON THE JOB.
RIGHT NOW THERE DOES NOT APPEAR
BE A MECHANICAL ISSUE WITH
THE BUS ITSELF.
>> HE HAS HAD COLLISIONS BUT
UNREMARKABLE SAFETY RECORD.
13 YEARS.
>> Reporter: HOURS AFTER THE
CRASH, THE BUS STILL EMBEDDED
INTO THE BUILDING.
THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS
TRYING TO ASSESS HOW
STRUCTURALLY SOUND IT IS.
ELAINA CAN’T STAY IN THE
APARTMENT BUT THEY STILL HAVE
PERSPECTIVE.
>> GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE.
IT BEEN A CRAZY YEAR.
>> Reporter: AS THE DOOR TO THE
BROWN STONE CLOSES, AN
INVESTIGATION WIDE OPEN INTO HOW
THIS CRASH RATTLED A BROOKLYN
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WORK EXPECD TO START UP
TOMORROW TO SURE UP THAT WALL
AND GET THAT BUS OUT OF HERE.
IN THE MEANTIME AS YOU HEARD,
THE FOLKS THAT LIVE HERE THEY
CAN’T COME BACK TONIGHT AND IT’S
UNKNOWN WHEN THEY WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN.