New York bus suspended from freeway after Bronx crash | New York

A New York bus was left hanging from an overpass after crashing into the Cross-Bronx Freeway, New York Emergency Management reported Thursday evening.

Seven people were slightly injured in the crash, a police spokesperson told NBC New York. The fire department confirmed that there were several units on the scene. All of the injured were bus passengers. They have since been taken to hospital.

New York council member Mark D Levine wrote on Twitter that emergency services cordoned off the area in response to the incident. NYEM agency reported that a bus collision had occurred in the area of ​​the Cross-Bronx Freeway and University Avenue and urged people to avoid the area.

Images of the articulated bus posted to social media showed the bus split along the knuckle joint, the front of the bus balanced on the road below while the rear of the bus remained on the viaduct above. It is not known how many people were on the bus, nor how many were injured.