At least one person in the building was injured. The driver of the bus was cut from the wreckage, and four others onboard were injured, fire officials said. The vehicle came to a stop on the sidewalk behind the building. The Resorts World Casino bus, swerving to avoid hitting a car, struck the building that houses a law office at about 2:30 p.m. We are cooperating fully with the authorities in the investigation.A casino bus crashed into a three-story brick building Monday, sheering off a large part of the structure and injuring six people, authorities said. In a statement released on Twitter, Resorts World Casino New York said, “Our thoughts and prayers are with those impacted by today’s bus accident. And the people inside, you can see here that there’s no emergency exits, so the people inside were panicking and banging on the windows, trying to get out,” she said.Īll passengers were removed from the bus with the help of FDNY and NYPD and some were taken to area hospitals. “The bus driver, I saw him he was pressed up against the windshield but he was moving, so hopefully that’s a good sign.

So in order for the bus to avoid the car, he had to swerve, and when he swerved, he just crashed right into the building.”Ĭonstantinides also saw the aftermath of the accident and what happened to those involved in the accident. And they were both going at a pretty good speed. The bus was in the bus lane and the guy driving wanted to make a right, and in order to make a right, he had to go right in front of him to do it. “I saw the two cars, the casino bus and the car, driving down toward the mall. and Anne Landers.ĪnnMarie Constantinides, who was about to cross the street at the time, saw the whole scene take place. In an effort to avoid contact, the driver swerved right, losing control and crashing into the car and building, which houses the law and real estate offices of John T.

when a gold Ford Expedition made a sharp turn, cutting off the bus. Just before 2:30 pm the bus was in the northbound lane of Woodhaven Blvd. The driver of the bus was trying to avoid an automobile making a sharp turn from Woodhaven Boulevard. On August 25 in Rego Park, a Resorts World Casino bus crashed into a three-story building located at 87-17 63rd Ave.

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