A shocking crash in Greenpoint has left the neighborhood rattled and searching for answers.<\/p>\n
Surveillance video shows a car speeding down the street, slamming into a school bus, backing up and striking it again. <\/p>\n
Witnesses say it didn\u2019t stop there – the driver rammed the bus multiple times before speeding off.<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard a crash, then screeching tires,\u201d said witness Danielle Barkoski. \u201cThe car\u2019s hood was torn apart, but it just kept ramming the bus and then took off.\u201d<\/p>\n
The aftermath is still visible at Nassau and Morgan Avenues, where mangled car parts and vehicles with deep gashes line the street. Police say a driver in a black Mercedes caused the chaos just before 6 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n
For many who live nearby, the scene was unsettling, but not unexpected.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s almost normal,\u201d said one witness, Walter. \u201cThis block is like a speedway.\u201d<\/p>\n
City data backs up those concerns, finding 123 crashes have occurred at the intersection this year alone, five of them deadly. Neighbors say reckless driving continues despite posted speed limits.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve done a lot of hit-and-runs around here,\u201d said resident Moses Wills. \u201cBut to see something like this; it\u2019s disturbing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police say there were no children on the bus at the time. The driver, however, suffered injuries to both legs and was taken to Woodhull Medical Center.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy God, it\u2019s a school bus,\u201d said Matt Berlin, CEO of NYCS Bus. \u201cWe\u2019re very concerned about road safety. Seeing something like this just reinforces how careful we need to be.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police sources tell News 12 that they are still searching for the driver involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A shocking crash in Greenpoint has left the neighborhood rattled and searching for answers. Surveillance video shows a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-205345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}