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Twenty-Nine Treated for Minor Injuries in Two New York City Bus Accidents
02/01/2005
February 2, 2005 -- Twenty-nine people were treated for minor injuries in two separate early-morning bus accidents in Brooklyn yesterday, officials said.
Police said a school bus heading south on Quentin Road in Gravesend around 9:30 a.m. crashed into a 2004 Dodge SUV after it was cut off by another vehicle.
The bus driver lost control and hit four parked cars, said a spokesman for the Department of Education.
Twenty-four passengers, including several children with learning and emotional disabilities from P721, were treated for minor injuries at Coney Island Hospital and released by 1 p.m., the spokesman said.
Meanwhile, a school bus rammed into a city bus around 8:17 a.m. near Bay Parkway, officials said. Five passengers were treated for minor injuries.