At least 10 people were injured after a minivan plowed into an MTA bus and then hit another vehicle in the Bronx on Sunday night, according to police and fire officials.
The TLC-plated minivan rear-ended the MTA bus around 7:15 p.m. on East 180th Street and Crotona Parkway before then turning and hitting a four-door sedan, cops said.
The van, which did not have any passengers at the time, then burst into flames, according to photos and videos from the scene.
Witnesses told CBS News that the van driver lived in the neighborhood and drove senior citizens and the disabled around.
They said his mother arrived at the scene of the crash and said her son suffers from seizures, though it’s unclear if he had suffered a medical episode ahead of the collision at this point in the investigation.
“He must’ve been going like 80, 95 [miles] an hour. I kept saying he’s gonna hit the bus, he’s gonna hit the bus. Bam, he hit the back of that bus and he spins his whole car around and then he hit another black car that was coming this way,” witness Marc Davis told the station.
The van driver was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition, police said.
Three passengers onboard the MTA bus and three people who were in the sedan were also taken to local hospitals with minor injuries.
An additional three people were treated at the scene for minor injuries, according to FDNY.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation, but police said no criminality is suspected.
