The department's Chief of Media Relations, T.J. Smith, said that the school bus struck a Mustang, then hit a pillar by a cemetery, then continued into oncoming traffic when it hit the MTA bus. There were only two adults on the school bus, no children.
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"It literally looks like a bomb exploded in the bus, and it's catastrophic damage," Smith said, adding that "we can't speculate on the cause at this point."