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Yesterday afternoon, a burglar's ransacking of a police officer's Bayside apartment led to a police chase that culminated with the SUV crashing into a mini-school bus. The SUV and bus collided on the Douglaston Parkway near Van Zandt Avenue, and 12 people, including eight children, the bus escort and the bus driver, were taken to hospitals for injuries. The driver of the stolen SUV tried to escape on foot but was chased down by police.
A number of police cars chased the stolen Nissan Murano SUV after a police officer's wife reported that their apartment was burglarized and that their SUV was stolen. A number of police cars spotted the car, driven by Thomas Hernandez, and followed it for a while. Although the NYPD did not say how many police cars were involved in the chase or how fast the cars were going (the speed limit on that stretch is 20 MPH), one witness told the CW 11 News at Ten that there were "whole lot of police cars involved...it was just a ridiculous amount of manpower." (The CW 11 News at Ten also called it a "Ride From Hell".)
The SUV tried to overtake the bus of learning-disabled children but slammed into it so hard that the bus hit a tree and overturned. Other drivers and witnesses in the area ran to the bus to help the EMT and police with the children. A UPS worker, Peter Aruta, helped extract a girl from the bus and said, "Between everyone screaming for help and being upset, it was pretty crazy." None of the children's injuries seemed life-threatening, and apparently all the children were wearing their seat belts. An 11-year-old told WABC 7, "We went down, down and around ... I think we were going to die. Everybody was screaming ... I was brave."
Hernandez is still in police custody and Newsday reports that some of the charges against him include "attempted burglary, vehicular assault, reckless endangerment, unauthorized use of a vehicle, assault against a police officer and grand larceny." And in other crash news, a Queens family wonders if their house is cursed because yesterday was the second time a car has crashed into it and the driver of a tractor trailer tried to get away from the police by getting out of the vehicle and jumping off the Tappan Zee Bridge into the Hudson (he survived).
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FYI- 'mini-school bus' sounds cute and all, but it is called a 'short bus'.
Perhaps Jen didn't want to label the occupants of the bus as retards... unless they were REALLY retards in that bus...
This is one Very 'Special' Accident
don't you wish they spend that much man power in perusing other things lol. what a waste of city money!
paul and korky if you're trying to be funny, think about your audience and if we would actually find some humor in your comments.
For the record, I'm not defending retarding children, I just hate reading retarded comments.
If cars going at high speeds are dangerous (and of course high speed car chases are dangerous) why is it legal for cars that travel above speed limits to be manufactured and sold? Why isn't there a law against this? This would save countless lives.
Dear otomboy,
'Short Bus' is not a derogatory term, it's what these buses are actually called.
Also, short buses are not used only for busing 'special needs' (please stop using the term 'retarded') children, it is simply what they are more commonly known as being used for. This probably due to the fact that most special needs children are not bused on regular buses due to different schedules at school and due to regulations around necessary adult supervision ratios), and since there are usually smaller amounts of special needs children in any given geographic area, school districts decide to save on gas consumption and use a smaller, lighter bus, which are called 'short buses'.
So please don't accuse me of your own prejudices.
Gee dee bee, I sure hope they manufacture cars that go over 20 mph for the foreseeable future.
Ok so now they're just kids with 'special' needs? Aren't they themselves 'special' as well?
I know just what these very special children need...
A GREAT BIG HUG!
Sometimes you just gotta take chances, make mistakes, and get messy!
This wouldn't have happened if Miss Frizzle was driving the kids on the Magic Short-Bus.
hey "gee, dee bee",
based on the details there were obviously cars going over the limit you stupid dope.
Why do we still chew our food when we have the technology to make it in an easy to swallow nutrient pill?
That comment that you referred to completely negates why people strive to own a car, or at least an enjoyable car. Would life really be worth saving if people couldnt enjoy a little speed in their automobiles?
Luckily the government still enables its citizens with a little trust that they dont endanger ppls lives, with fear of consequence of course.
that chewing food analogy is so idiotic - IT ISN'T DANGEROUS TO OTHERS TO CHEW YOUR FOOD FAST OR SWALLOW NUTRIENT PILLS! the fact of the matter is cars are very dangerous at high speeds -THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SPEED LIMITS! people usually (though often do)don't buy cars for speeding. they generally buy cars to get around EINSTEN. people who speed when and where it's dangerous to others are people who have no regard for other people's lives (nor their own). the government DOES trust people enough to give them cars that travel well over the speed limit which causes ACCIDENTS and DEATHS. you mean you wouldn't give up the capability to speed in a car if you knew it would save countless lives Danio3834?
The Mayor has no comment on this incident.
Guess he does not care about retards.
Only two students returned to school today, some of them were injured badly and still in the hospital.
Again, the mayor does not care about injured retards.
Where's the mayor in this?
It sure is great to see the total lack of intellect on this post.
Children engaged in a serious car accident and most of the people here have posted derogatory remarks and hateful words. They're innocent children hurt by a repeat offender with no regard for human life. His prison life will consist of daily beatings. People who hurt children do not fare well in prison.
And then there's always that post (#3) complaining about city funds and wasting money... #3 you're wasting the precious air we breath.