{"id":71925,"date":"2025-12-16T04:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T04:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/71925\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T04:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T04:52:09","slug":"8-people-injured-after-out-of-control-mta-bus-crashes-into-vehicles-in-the-bronx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/71925\/","title":{"rendered":"8 people injured after out-of-control MTA bus crashes into vehicles in the Bronx"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">An out-of-control Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus crashed into several vehicles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">in the Bronx<\/a> on Monday, injuring eight people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The incident happened shortly before 2 p.m. between Cauldwell Avenue and Trinity Avenue, according to the New York City Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p>Six vehicles were struck by the bus over roughly six blocks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/truck-hits-parked-van-midtown-manhattan-pushing-vehicle-onto-sidewalk-injuring-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TRUCK HITS PARKED VAN IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, PUSHING VEHICLE ONTO SIDEWALK AND INJURING 9<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nyc-city-bus-crashed-vehicles.png\" alt=\"Bus lost control in NYC\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>An out-of-control MTA bus crashed into multiple vehicles in the Bronx. (Peter Gerber for Fox News Digital)<\/p>\n<p>Two vehicles were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">struck by the bus<\/a> in front of a school on East 163rd Street and Caldwell Avenue \u2014 one that was pushed into a light pole, and another that was hit on its side.<\/p>\n<p>Down the road, an SUV was shoved onto the sidewalk and the back of a blue coupe was destroyed.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nyc-bus-crash-car-struck.png\" alt=\"Car struck by bus\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>The bus driver and seven passengers were injured in the incident. (Peter Gerber for Fox News Digital)<\/p>\n<p>Screaming from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/travel\/general\/travel-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">panicking passengers<\/a> was heard in video taken from inside the bus.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the bus and seven passengers were injured in the incident. All of them were transported to Lincoln Medical, although their conditions are unclear.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/jetblue-pilot-calls-air-force-near-miss-outrageous-tanker-crosses-flight-path\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">JETBLUE PILOT CALLS AIRFORCE NEAR-MISS &#8216;OUTRAGEOUS&#8217; AFTER TANKER CROSSES FLIGHT PATH<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/car-hit-nyc-city-bus-crash.png\" alt=\"NYC bus lost control and hit several vehicles\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>The MTA is probing factors including mechanical failure, weather or the driver&#8217;s medical condition. (Peter Gerber for Fox News Digital)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cause of the crash remains under investigation, but the MTA is probing factors including mechanical failure, weather or the driver&#8217;s medical condition, WABC reported.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was going up a hill when they pushed the gas to accelerate, at which point the bus had a mechanical failure, police sources told WABC, adding that the driver may have hit the emergency break and slid out of control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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