Overview
- Emergency crews responded just before 2 p.m. to East 163rd Street near Cauldwell Avenue, where the bus traveled out of control across several blocks.
- FDNY reported eight people transported to Lincoln Medical Center, while police accounts listed seven, including the driver, with minor injuries.
- Eyewitness video shows panicked passengers as the bus kept moving, with some riders climbing out through a window to get to safety.
- Multiple vehicles were struck over about five blocks, including a sedan shoved into a light pole and an SUV pushed onto the sidewalk.
- The MTA and NYPD are investigating factors such as a mechanical failure on bus No. 1040, with police sources indicating the bus slid when the driver tried to brake; no arrests or criminality are suspected.