Two buses collided in Queens: three dead, 16 wounded

Two buses collided in Queens: three dead, 16 wounded

A fatal accident occurred this morning in flushing, Queens, at the intersection of Northern Boulevard and Main Street.

They faced two passenger bus: tourist bus and the MTA. The impact was so strong that a tour bus crashed into a school Kennedy Pizza & Chicken, where he later started a small fire.

Two buses collided in Queens: three dead, 16 wounded

Now it is known about three victims. Two passengers died in the hospital (including the driver of a tourist bus), one person died on the spot. According to preliminary data, it was a pedestrian who fell under the wheels of one of the buses.

Three people have died, including the driver of a tour bus, after it you have with an MTA bus in Queens Monday https://t.co/UyNQFhFJ2M pic.twitter.com/m0Gz8l6gg6

— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) September 18, 2017

As reported, police and rescue workers, at least five of the 16 injured are in critical condition. They are now in intensive care.

«I thought it was a terrorist attack. There were so many sirens,» says the NY Post 52-year-old Jay Rivera.

The representative of the police Department of new York Elton Mohammed said at a press conference that investigators now seized records from surveillance cameras and interviewing witnesses to find out exactly what happened.

From-for accidents movement in the area can be difficult.

.@NYCMayor provides update on two busses involved in a collision in #Queens https://t.co/BPvDoGZolL

— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) September 18, 2017

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