Horrible: 15 people were killed and more than a dozen wounded after their tour bus, returning to Manhattan from a Connecticut casino, overturned on I-95 and was sliced in two by a utility pole.
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Firefighters and other mergency responders aid the injured. Because the pole cut through the bus at window level, many suffered terrible head wounds.
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Firefighters clamber on top of the wrecked bus looking for survivors.
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New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly speaks with emergency personnel on teh scene. Police believe a truck driver rear-ended the bus to spark the deadly crash, then fled the scene.
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Grim duty: Family members of the victims of the fatal bus accident in the Bronx leave the 5th Precinct in Chinatown.
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Investigators use a ladder to reach the top side of the overturned bus
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Rescue personal leave the scene of the deadly crash. The wreckage was so grisly counselors were reportedly called in to help some first responders cope with the tragedy.
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