{"id":238649,"date":"2026-05-20T22:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/238649\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T22:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:39:13","slug":"school-bus-falls-into-sinkhole-in-the-bronx-fdny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/238649\/","title":{"rendered":"School bus falls into sinkhole in the Bronx: FDNY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2014 A school bus fell into a sinkhole in the Bronx on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The bus was trapped when the rear tire got stuck in the sinkhole near 1122 East 180th Street and Bronx Park Avenue at around 1:35 p.m., according to the FDNY.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:More Local News;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;More Local News&quot;}\"> More Local News <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One person was taken to the hospital for treatment, the FDNY said. It was unclear how many people were on the bus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlier on Wednesday, flights to LaGuardia Airport were delayed over an hour after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/sinkhole-shuts-down-runway-laguardia-184031448.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:sinkhole;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;sinkhole&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sinkhole<\/a> was found on one of the runways, according to the Port Authority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials said the sinkhole was discovered near Runway 4\/22 during a morning inspection of LaGuardia\u2019s airfield. The runway was immediately shut down for emergency construction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mira Wassef is an award-winning reporter who has covered news and sports in the NYC area for more than a decade. She joined the PIX11 News digital team in 2022. See more of her work <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/mira-wassef\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:here.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;here.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">here.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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