18 Injured From Out-Of-Control B15 Bus

Yesterday, 18 people suffered minor injuries when a B15 bus swerved to avoid a suddenly-stopped car on Troy Avenue in Crown Heights. The bus crashed into parked cars and then hit some more at the Atlantic Avenue intersection. One car burst into flames and a driver told the Post, "There were no horns and no brakes. I was trembling. The car door jammed and I couldn’t get out. I thought, ‘Lord, I got to lose some weight, I don’t want to die in this car.’"

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By Jen Chung in News on October 11, 2009 2:34 PM

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ozik

Which is why we need cameras on buses.

Think2wice

It's the B15. Brooklyn buses are designated "B" not "Bk".

"...to avoid a suddenly-stopped car..."

I hope they find that lousy driver.

mellow_fellow

In a rear-end collision, the fault lies with the driver of the vehicle that did the rear-ending, since it is presumed he was following too closely.

mellow_fellow

One car burst into flames and a driver told the Post, "There were no horns and no breaks..."
Nice grammatical error there, piece-of-shit tabloid.

mellow_fellow

Great, Gothamist is now covering up the Post's error by correcting the excerpt posted above. Guys and/or gals, if you want to point out to Gothamist readers that you know there's an error in a quote, you're supposed to add sic, not correct the error. Duh.