Driver, passengers injured when MTA bus and truck collide on Upper West Side

Thursday, August 10, 2023
UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- Around a dozen people were injured when a bus and truck collided on the Upper West Side on Thursday.

The crash was reported at West 82nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue around noon.

The M11 bus was traveling northbound on Amsterdam Avenue at 11:22 a.m. when a truck in the next lane attempted to avoid a car that swerved into its lane and clipped the front of the bus.

The bus driver, a 25-year veteran, slammed on the brakes. He and about 11 people on the bus were checked out.
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They were taken to Mount Sinai West or Mount Sinai Morningside, all with non-life-threatening injuries.

The circumstances surrounding the crash were not yet known.
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