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Yesterday morning, a fire truck from Ladder 103 rushing to a car fire crashed into a B15 bus on Mother Gaston Boulevard at Hegeman Avenue in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. The Daily News reports, "The vehicles hit with such force that the bus, its windshield shattered and front end crushed, careened onto the sidewalk and into concrete barriers alongside an apartment building." A witness also said, "It sounded like a crumpled beer can," while others said it sounded like an explosion. The injured included six firefighters, the bus driver, 24 bus passengers and one pedestrian (no one was critically injured). The incident is being investigated; it's unclear which vehicle had the right of way.
Over 30 Injured When Fire Truck and Bus Collide
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I'm pretty sure a fire/police vehicle with its lights on always has the right of way, no?
Wow, no one critically injured. Thank goodness for small Festivus miracles.
I would hope the firetruck had lights on and sirens blaring and that, therefore, it had right of way.
At least it was an RTS bus and not an HEV. Those low-floor HEVs are probably death traps in any high force collision.
Crashing firetrucks seems to be quite common these days. The 6 firefighters, and 1 bus driver, may be able to apply for some kind of disability, and reduce their work hours, or even retire early. With full benefits courtesy of New York taxpayers.
For some folks, Xmas may have come early.
Put a 12 ton $280,000 American LaFrance engine in the hands of a 22 yr old kid and what happens? And it happens all over the U.S.