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12 injured when MTA bus crashes into NYC sanitation truck in the Bronx: cops

By
David Propper
Published Dec. 21, 2023, 1:07 a.m. ET

A dozen people were injured when an MTA bus collided 💞with a B🍰ig Apple sanitation truck Wednesday night in the Bronx, according to police.

The crash happened shortly after 9 p.m. at the intersection of Hunts Point Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard in the Longwood neighborhood when the bus T-boned the garbage truck, police said, ba𓃲sed on preliminary info✃rmation.

Five people were taken to Lincoln Hospital and another seven were brought to St. Barnab🦩as Hospital, cops said.

The scene where the MTA bus and a NYC Sanitation garbage truck collided is shown on Bruckner Boulevard at Hunts Point Avenue in the Bronx on Dec. 20, 2023.
The scene where the MTA bus and a NYC Sanitation garbage truck collided is shown on Bruckner Boulevard at Hunts Point Avenue in the Bronx on Dec. 20, 2023. Christopher Sadowski
Emergency crews and police are spotted at the scene, as 13 people were taken to hospitals following the crash on Bruckner Boulevard in the Bronx on Dec. 20, 2023.
Emergency crews and police are spotted at the scene, as 12 people were taken to hospitals following the crash on Bruckner Boulevard in the Bronx on Dec. 20, 2023. Christopher Sadowski
No arrests were made and everyone injured is now in stable condition from the Bronx crash on Dec. 20, 2023.
No arrests were made and everyone injured is now in stable condition from the Bronx crash on Dec. 20, 2023. Christopher Sadowski

All the victims were in stable condꦗition. It’s uncle𒊎ar how many people were on the bus.

Photos from the scene showed the front of t💫he MTA bus was badly damaged and𒁏 the door of the garbage truck dangling.

No arrests were made and the investigation into the crash is ongoi💙ng.

Bus service for that route was run𒆙ning on de🌠lays due to the crash.