In what could have been an overwhelming tragedy, an SUV recently collided with a Brooklyn school bus, causing it to veer half a block off-course and slam into a local daycare center. The bus smashed through a steel gate and a brick wall at the front of the property – right at the spot where children are usually dropped off by their parents.
By some miracle, no children were present when the bus accident occurred, and the seats of the bus were empty. The bus’s load of children had been dropped off mere minutes before the collision. The front end of the bus collapsed to less than half of its size, and part of its hood had rolled back onto the windshield. It is still not clear what caused the bus to veer so far off-course after the collision. Investigators are currently trying to gain a clearer picture of the accident circumstances.
All of the seats inside the bus were burnt so badly that the covers and the padding inside of them had all burnt down to ashes. Witnesses reported not even being able to see the sun past the intense black cloud of smoke that billowed from the bus. Incredibly, no one – not even the bus driver and the people in the SUV – was killed. The accident victims were all transported to a local hospital in stable condition.
If you have been seriously injured in a bus accident, you may be entitled to compensation. Please contact the experienced New York bus accident attorneys at Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, PC today for a free initial consultation.
